Ethnic characterization of a population of children exposed to high doses of arsenic via drinking water and a possible correlation with metabolic processes

International Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-10

  Bobillo, Cecilia ^a   Navoni, Julio A ^a   Olmos, Valentina ^a   Merini, Luciano J ^b   Lepori, Edda Villaamil ^a   Corach, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ancestral informative markers; Arsenic; Children; Ethnic characterization

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; NEGRO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 84896706673     PISSN: 19481756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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