Estimation of Inorganic Arsenic Exposure in Populations with Frequent Seafood Intake: Evidence from MESA and NHANES

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 184, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 590-602

  Jones, Miranda R ^a   Tellez Plaza, Maria ^a   Vaidya, Dhananjay ^a   Grau, Maria ^a   Francesconi, Kevin A ^a   Goessler, Walter ^a   Guallar, Eliseo ^a   Post, Wendy S ^a   Kaufman, Joel D ^a   Navas Acien, Ana ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenobetaine; dimethylarsinate; food frequency questionnaire; methylarsonate; omega 3 fatty acids; rice; seafood

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENOBETAINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CACODYLIC ACID; INORGANIC ARSENIC; METHANEARSONIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE;

ARSENIC; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMARKER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FATTY ACID; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; INORGANIC COMPOUND; METABOLISM; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RICE; SEAFOOD; URINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POPULATION EXPOSURE; RICE; SEA FOOD; SELF REPORT; AGED; ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; ORYZA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URINE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARSENICALS; BIOMARKERS; CACODYLIC ACID; CALIBRATION; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ORYZA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEAFOOD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84994134133     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kww097     Document Type: Article

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