Systematic review and meta-analysis links autism and toxic metals and highlights the impact of country development status: Higher blood and erythrocyte levels for …

A Saghazadeh, N Rezaei - Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental
disorder that affects cognitive and higher cognitive functions. Increasing prevalence of ASD …

The association between gene-environment interactions and diseases involving the human GST superfamily with SNP variants

AL Hollman, PB Tchounwou, HC Huang - International journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Exposure to environmental hazards has been associated with diseases in humans. The
identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in human populations exposed to …

Positive association of cardiovascular disease (CVD) with chronic exposure to drinking water arsenic (As) at concentrations below the WHO provisional guideline …

L Xu, D Mondal, DA Polya - … of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020 - mdpi.com
To the best of our knowledge, a dose-response meta-analysis of the relationship between
cardiovascular disease (CVD) and arsenic (As) exposure at drinking water As …

Status of essential elements in autism spectrum disorder: systematic review and meta-analysis

A Saghazadeh, N Ahangari, K Hendi… - Reviews in the …, 2017 - degruyter.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a lifelong neurodevelopmental disorder that imposes
heavy financial burden on governments and families of affected children. It is considered a …

Blood mercury, arsenic, cadmium, and lead in children with autism spectrum disorder

H Li, H Li, Y Li, Y Liu, Z Zhao - Biological trace element research, 2018 - Springer
Environmental factors have been implicated in the etiology of autism spectrum disorder
(ASD); however, the role of heavy metals has not been fully defined. This study investigated …

Interaction between a mixture of heavy metals (lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium, manganese, aluminum) and GSTP1, GSTT1, and GSTM1 in relation to autism …

MH Rahbar, M Samms-Vaughan, MJ Lee… - Research in autism …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Exposure to many environmental chemicals, including metals, often does not
occur in isolation, hence requires assessment of the associations between exposure to …

Concentrations of lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium, manganese, and aluminum in the blood of Pakistani children with and without autism spectrum disorder and their …

MH Rahbar, SH Ibrahim, SI Azam, M Hessabi… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with early
onset in utero or childhood. Environmental exposure to six metals (Pb, Hg, As, Cd, Mn, Al) is …

Association of polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides with autism spectrum disorder in Jamaican children

MKA Bach, M Samms-Vaughan, M Hessabi… - Research in autism …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine (OC) pesticides
are suspected to play a role in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Objectives To investigate …

Associations of Metabolic Genes (GSTT1, GSTP1, GSTM1) and Blood Mercury Concentrations Differ in Jamaican Children with and without Autism Spectrum …

MH Rahbar, M Samms-Vaughan, S Saroukhani… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
We investigated interactive roles of three metabolic glutathione S-transferase (GST) genes
(GSTP1, GSTT1, and GSTM1) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) status in relation to …

Blood lead concentrations in Jamaican children with and without autism spectrum disorder

MH Rahbar, M Samms-Vaughan, AS Dickerson… - International journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder manifesting by early
childhood. Lead is a toxic metal shown to cause neurodevelopmental disorders in children …