Blood arsenic as a biomarker of arsenic exposure: results from a prospective study

M Hall, Y Chen, H Ahsan, V Slavkovich, A Van Geen… - Toxicology, 2006 - Elsevier
Exposure to arsenic (As)-contaminated drinking water affects millions of people worldwide.
Arsenic exposure is associated with skin lesions, skin, lung, kidney and liver cancers …

The correlation of arsenic levels in drinking water with the biological samples of skin disorders

TG Kazi, MB Arain, JA Baig, MK Jamali, HI Afridi… - Science of the Total …, 2009 - Elsevier
Arsenic (As) poisoning has become a worldwide public health concern. The skin is quite
sensitive to As and skin lesions are the most common and earliest nonmalignant effects …

[HTML][HTML] Arsenic exposure at low-to-moderate levels and skin lesions, arsenic metabolism, neurological functions, and biomarkers for respiratory and cardiovascular …

Y Chen, F Parvez, M Gamble, T Islam, A Ahmed… - Toxicology and applied …, 2009 - Elsevier
The contamination of groundwater by arsenic in Bangladesh is a major public health
concern affecting 35–75 million people. Although it is evident that high levels (> 300 μg/L) of …

Biomarkers of exposure: a case study with inorganic arsenic

MF Hughes - Environmental health perspectives, 2006 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
The environmental contaminant inorganic arsenic (iAs) is a human toxicant and carcinogen.
Most mammals metabolize iAs by reducing it to trivalency, followed by oxidative methylation …

Variability in biomarkers of arsenic exposure and metabolism in adults over time

ML Kile, E Hoffman, YM Hsueh, S Afroz… - Environmental …, 2009 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background Urinary arsenic metabolites (UAs) are used as biomarkers of exposure and
metabolism. Objectives To characterize inter-and intraindividual variability in UAs in healthy …

Ingestion of arsenic-contaminated drinking water leads to health risk and traces in human biomarkers (hair, nails, blood, and urine), Pakistan

U Rehman, S Khan, S Muhammad - Exposure and Health, 2020 - Springer
Human exposure to arsenic (As) is a global public health concern that frequently occurs
through both dietary and non-dietary pathways. This is the first systematic field study that …

Chronic health effects in people exposed to arsenic via the drinking water: dose–response relationships in review

T Yoshida, H Yamauchi, GF Sun - Toxicology and applied pharmacology, 2004 - Elsevier
Chronic arsenic (As) poisoning has become a worldwide public health issue. Most human
As exposure occurs from consumption of drinking water containing high amounts of …

Arsenic exposure and age-and sex-specific risk for skin lesions: a population-based case–referent study in Bangladesh

M Rahman, M Vahter, N Sohel, M Yunus… - Environmental …, 2006 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background The objective of this population-based case–referent study in Matlab,
Bangladesh, was to assess the susceptibility to arsenic-induced skin lesions by age and …

Impact of smoking and chewing tobacco on arsenic-induced skin lesions

AL Lindberg, N Sohel, M Rahman… - Environmental …, 2010 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background We recently reported that the main reason for the documented higher
prevalence of arsenic-related skin lesions among men than among women is the result of …

Arsenic-induced toxicity and carcinogenicity: a two-wave cross-sectional study in arsenicosis individuals in West Bengal, India

S Paul, N Das, P Bhattacharjee, M Banerjee… - Journal of exposure …, 2013 - nature.com
In the state of West Bengal in India, over 26 million individuals are exposed to arsenic via
drinking water. Dermatological, non-dermatological disorders and cancers are associated …