Open AccessArsenic Exposure and DNA Methylation Among Elderly Men
Author(s) -
Angeliki Lambrou,
Andrea Baccarelli,
Robert O. Wright,
Marc G. Weisskopf,
Valentina Bollati,
Chitra Amarasiriwardena,
Pantel Vokonas,
Joel Schwartz
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/ede.0b013e31825afb0b
Subject(s) - arsenic , methylation , dna methylation , epigenetics , arsenic toxicity , population , alu element , interquartile range , biology , physiology , chemistry , medicine , genetics , dna , environmental health , gene , human genome , gene expression , organic chemistry , genome
Arsenic exposure has been linked to epigenetic modifications such as DNA methylation in in-vitro and animal studies. This association has also been explored in highly exposed human populations, but studies among populations environmentally exposed to low arsenic levels are lacking.