Arsenic Exposure in Pregnancy Increases the Risk of Lower Respiratory Tract Infection and Diarrhea during Infancy in Bangladesh | Zendy

Anisur Rahman | Zendy; Marie Vahter | Zendy; EvaCharlotte Ekström | Zendy; Lars Åke Persson | Zendy

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Arsenic Exposure in Pregnancy Increases the Risk of Lower Respiratory Tract Infection and Diarrhea during Infancy in Bangladesh

Author(s) -

Anisur Rahman,

Marie Vahter,

EvaCharlotte Ekström,

Lars Åke Persson

Publication year - 2010

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.1002265

Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , diarrhea , relative risk , respiratory tract infections , gestation , population , cohort study , prospective cohort study , confidence interval , offspring , pediatrics , physiology , obstetrics , environmental health , respiratory system , genetics , biology

Previous studies have reported associations between prenatal arsenic exposure and increased risk of infant mortality. An increase in infectious diseases has been proposed as the underlying cause of these associations, but there is no epidemiologic research to support the hypothesis.

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