Urinary and dietary analysis of 18,470 bangladeshis reveal a correlation of rice consumption with arsenic exposure and toxicity.

Urinary and dietary analysis of 18,470 bangladeshis reveal a correlation of rice consumption with arsenic exposure and toxicity.

We utilized data from the Health Effects of Arsenic Longitudinal Study (HEALS) in Araihazar, Bangladesh, to evaluate the association of steamed rice consumption with urinary total arsenic concentration and arsenical skin lesions in the overall study cohort (N=18,470) and in a subset with available u...

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Main Authors: Stephanie Melkonian, Maria Argos, Megan N Hall, Yu Chen, Faruque Parvez, Brandon Pierce, Hongyuan Cao, Briseis Aschebrook-Kilfoy, Alauddin Ahmed, Tariqul Islam, Vesna Slavcovich, Mary Gamble, Parvez I Haris, Joseph H Graziano, Habibul Ahsan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3829854?pdf=render

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