Infant toenails as a biomarker of in utero arsenic exposure

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 467-473

  Davis, Matthew A ^a,b   Li, Zhigang ^a,c   Gilbert Diamond, Diane ^a,c   Mackenzie, Todd A ^c   Cottingham, Kathryn L ^a,d   Jackson, Brian P ^a,b   Lee, Joyce S ^e   Baker, Emily R ^a,f   Marsit, Carmen J ^a,c,e   Karagas, Margaret R ^a,c  

^a Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Center at Dartmouth   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^e Children's Endocrinology of Rhode Island   (United States)

^f DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

arsenic; biological markers; biomarkers; prenatal exposure

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAIL; PREGNANCY;

ARSENIC; BIOMARKERS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NAILS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84906944158     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2014.38     Document Type: Article

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