Environmental arsenic exposure and microbiota in induced sputum

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 2299-2313

  White, Allison G ^a   Watts, George S ^b   Lu, Zhenqiang ^a   Meza Montenegro, Maria M ^c   Lutz, Eric A ^a   Harber, Philip ^a   Burgess, Jefferey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE SONORA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Microbiota; Sputum

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; RNA 16S;

ARSENIC; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM; MUCUS;

16S RRNA GENE; ADULT; AGED; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIODETES; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FILTRATION; FIRMICUTES; FUSOBACTERIUM; GEMELLA; GENE SEQUENCE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLALES; MALE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIACEAE; NONHUMAN; PASTEURELLACEAE; PHYLUM; PREVOTELLA; PREVOTELLACEAE; PROTEOBACTERIA; PULMONARY MICROBIOTA; ROTHIA; SMOKING; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; STREPTOCOCCUS; TAXONOMY; VEILLONELLACEA; WATER CONTAMINATION; YOUNG ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; LUNG; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MIDDLE AGED; SPUTUM; TOXICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MICROBIOTA; MIDDLE AGED; SPUTUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896871488     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110202299     Document Type: Article

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