Changes in Urinary Arsenic Methylation Profiles in a 15-Year Interval after Cessation of Arsenic Ingestion in Southwest Taiwan | Zendy

YungKai Huang | Zendy; Ya-Li Huang | Zendy; YuMei Hsueh | Zendy; Jimmy Tse-Jen Wang | Zendy; Mo-Hsiung Yang | Zendy; ChienJen Chen | Zendy

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Changes in Urinary Arsenic Methylation Profiles in a 15-Year Interval after Cessation of Arsenic Ingestion in Southwest Taiwan

Author(s) -

YungKai Huang,

Ya-Li Huang,

YuMei Hsueh,

Jimmy Tse-Jen Wang,

Mo-Hsiung Yang,

ChienJen Chen

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.0900560

Subject(s) - arsenic , urine , ingestion , carcinogen , urinary system , methylation , physiology , population , medicine , chemistry , environmental health , biochemistry , organic chemistry , gene

Inorganic arsenic (iAs) is carcinogenic to humans. Methylated metabolites of arsenic (As) found in the urine could serve as potential tools for screening and early detection of cancer in populations exposed to As. Relatively little information is available regarding changes in As methylation profiles after cessation of As exposure.

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