Search Results - "Slavkovich, V"
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A Prospective Study of Arsenic Exposure From Drinking Water and Incidence of Skin Lesions in Bangladesh
Published in American journal of epidemiology (15-07-2011)“…Elevated concentrations of arsenic in groundwater pose a public health threat to millions of people worldwide. The authors aimed to evaluate the association…”
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Arsenic exposure from drinking water and mortality from cardiovascular disease in Bangladesh: prospective cohort study
Published in BMJ (05-05-2011)“…Objective To evaluate the association between arsenic exposure and mortality from cardiovascular disease and to assess whether cigarette smoking influences the…”
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Altered systemic iron metabolism in Parkinson's disease
Published in Neurology (01-09-1997)“…Iron deposition in the substantia nigra in Parkinson's disease has been associated with an increase in lactoferrin receptors and a reduction in ferritin…”
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Folate and Arsenic Metabolism: A Double-blind Placebo Controlled Folate Supplementation Trial in Bangladesh
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Susceptibility to arsenic-induced hyperkeratosis and oxidative stress genes myeloperoxidase and catalase
Published in Cancer letters (10-11-2003)“…Chronic exposure to inorganic arsenic is known to cause non-melanocytic skin and internal cancers in humans. We examined whether genetic susceptibility, as…”
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Tibia Lead Levels and Methodological Uncertainty in 12-Year-Old Children
Published in Environmental research (01-05-2001)“…In vivo bone lead measurements with 109Cd-based K-shell X-ray fluorescence (XRF) have been used to assess long-term lead exposure in adults. Tibia lead levels…”
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Independent effects of lead exposure and iron deficiency anemia on developmental outcome at age 2 years
Published in The Journal of pediatrics (01-11-1992)“…For a prospective study of lead exposure, iron status, and infant development, we recruited infants living in a smelter town and a non-lead-exposed town in…”
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Water Manganese Exposure and Children's Intellectual Function in Araihazar, Bangladesh
Published in Environmental health perspectives (01-01-2006)“…Exposure to manganese via inhalation has long been known to elicit neurotoxicity in adults, but little is known about possible consequences of exposure via…”
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Water Arsenic Exposure and Intellectual Function in 6-Year-Old Children in Araihazar, Bangladesh
Published in Environmental health perspectives (01-02-2007)“…Background: We recently reported results of a cross-sectional investigation of intellectual function in 10-year-olds in Bangladesh, who had been exposed to…”
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Consequences of lead exposure and iron supplementation on childhood development at age 4 years
Published in Neurotoxicology and teratology (01-05-1994)“…For a prospective study of lead exposure and early development, we recruited pregnant women from a smelter town and a nonlead-exposed town in Yugoslavia and…”
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Arsenic metabolism efficiency has a causal role in arsenic toxicity: Mendelian randomization and gene-environment interaction
Published in International journal of epidemiology (01-12-2013)“…Arsenic exposure through drinking water is a serious global health issue. Observational studies suggest that individuals who metabolize arsenic efficiently are…”
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Folic acid supplementation lowers blood arsenic
Published in The American journal of clinical nutrition (01-10-2007)“…BACKGROUND: Chronic arsenic exposure currently affects >100 million persons worldwide. Methylation of ingested inorganic arsenic (InAs) to monomethylarsonic…”
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A prospective study of respiratory symptoms associated with chronic arsenic exposure in Bangladesh: findings from the Health Effects of Arsenic Longitudinal Study (HEALS)
Published in Thorax (01-06-2010)“…A prospective cohort study was conducted to evaluate the effect of arsenic (As) exposure from drinking water on respiratory symptoms using data from the Health…”
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Water Arsenic Exposure and Children's Intellectual Function in Araihazar, Bangladesh
Published in Environmental health perspectives (01-09-2004)“…Exposure to arsenic has long been known to have neurologic consequences in adults, but to date there are no well-controlled studies in children. We report…”
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Determinants of Arsenic Metabolism: Blood Arsenic Metabolites, Plasma Folate, Cobalamin, and Homocysteine Concentrations in Maternal-Newborn Pairs
Published in Environmental health perspectives (01-10-2007)“…Background: In Bangladesh, tens of millions of people have been consuming waterborne arsenic for decades. The extent to which As is transported to the fetus…”
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Systemic iron metabolism and mortality from Parkinson's disease
Published in Neurology (01-04-1998)“…Six measures of systemic iron metabolism were used to predict mortality among 103 patients with Parkinson's disease and 353 controls followed in a longitudinal…”
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Folate Deficiency, Hyperhomocysteinemia, Low Urinary Creatinine, and Hypomethylation of Leukocyte DNA Are Risk Factors for Arsenic-Induced Skin Lesions
Published in Environmental health perspectives (01-02-2009)“…Background: Arsenic methylation relies on folate-dependent one-carbon metabolism and facilitates urinary As elimination. Clinical manifestations of As toxicity…”
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Folate, Homocysteine, and Arsenic Metabolism in Arsenic-Exposed Individuals in Bangladesh
Published in Environmental health perspectives (01-12-2005)“…Chronic exposure to arsenic is occurring throughout South and East Asia due to groundwater contamination of well water. Variability in susceptibility to…”
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Association between arsenic exposure from drinking water and proteinuria: results from the Health Effects of Arsenic Longitudinal Study
Published in International journal of epidemiology (01-06-2011)“…Background Proteinuria has been recognized as a marker for an increased risk of chronic renal disease. It is unclear whether arsenic (As) exposure from…”
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Folate, Cobalamin, Cysteine, Homocysteine, and Arsenic Metabolism among Children in Bangladesh
Published in Environmental health perspectives (01-05-2009)“…Background: Approximately 35 million people in Bangladesh are chronically exposed to inorganic arsenic (InAs) in drinking water. Methylation of InAs to…”
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