Low-level arsenic exposure: Nutritional and dietary predictors in first-grade Uruguayan children

Environmental Research

Volumn 147, Issue , 2016, Pages 16-23

  Kordas, Katarzyna ^a,b   Queirolo, Elena I ^c   Mañay, Nelly ^d   Peregalli, Fabiana ^c   Hsiao, Pao Ying ^e   Lu, Ying ^f   Vahter, Marie ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL URUGUAY   (Uruguay)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child; Predictors; Urinary arsenic; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CACODYLIC ACID; DRINKING WATER; FOLIC ACID; METHANEARSONIC ACID; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; CHILD HEALTH; DIET; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RICE; SECONDARY METABOLITE; URINE;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DIETARY INTAKE; EGG; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INORGANIC NUTRIENT; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEAT; METHYLATION; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; URUGUAY; URUGUAYAN; VEGETABLE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; URINE;

MONTEVIDEO [URUGUAY]; URUGUAY;

ARSENIC; ARSENICALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIET; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; URUGUAY;

EID: 84961354649     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.01.022     Document Type: Article

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