In utero and early childhood exposure to arsenic decreases lung function in children

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 358-366

  Recio Vega, Rogelio ^a   Gonzalez Cortes, Tania ^a   Olivas Calderon, Edgar ^a   Lantz, R Clark ^b,c   Gandolfi, A Jay ^b,c   Alba, Cesar Gonzalez De ^a  

^a University of Coahuila   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Children; in utero exposure; Lung function; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; TAP WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COUGHING; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PERTUSSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPIROMETRY; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; WHEEZING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MEXICO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOXICITY; URINE; VITAL CAPACITY; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CHILD; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MEXICO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VITAL CAPACITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84923068598     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.3023     Document Type: Article

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