Urinary and dietary analysis of 18,470 Bangladeshis reveal a correlation of rice consumption with arsenic exposure and toxicity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Melkonian, Stephanie ^a   Argos, Maria ^a   Hall, Megan N ^b   Chen, Yu ^c   Parvez, Faruque ^b   Pierce, Brandon ^a   Cao, Hongyuan ^a   Aschebrook Kilfoy, Briseis ^a   Ahmed, Alauddin ^d   Islam, Tariqul ^d   Slavcovich, Vesna ^b   Gamble, Mary ^b   Haris, Parvez I ^e   Graziano, Joseph H ^b   Ahsan, Habibul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U Chicago Research Bangladesh Ltd   (Bangladesh)

^e DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ORYZA SATIVA; PREVALENCE; SKIN DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894054389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080691     Document Type: Article

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