Dietary Intake of Methionine, Cysteine, and Protein and Urinary Arsenic Excretion in Bangladesh | Zendy

Julia E. Heck | Zendy; Jeri W. Nieves | Zendy; Yu Chen | Zendy; Faruque Parvez | Zendy; Paul W. BrandtRauf | Zendy; Joseph H. Graziano | Zendy; Vesna Slavkovich | Zendy; Geoffrey R. Howe | Zendy; Habibul Ahsan | Zendy

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Dietary Intake of Methionine, Cysteine, and Protein and Urinary Arsenic Excretion in Bangladesh

Author(s) -

Julia E. Heck,

Jeri W. Nieves,

Yu Chen,

Faruque Parvez,

Paul W. BrandtRauf,

Joseph H. Graziano,

Vesna Slavkovich,

Geoffrey R. Howe,

Habibul Ahsan

Publication year - 2008

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.11589

Subject(s) - arsenic , urine , methionine , excretion , population , nutrient , environmental health , micronutrient , medicine , arsenic contamination of groundwater , physiology , biology , chemistry , endocrinology , biochemistry , amino acid , ecology , organic chemistry , pathology

In Bangladesh, millions of people are exposed to arsenic in drinking water; arsenic is associated with increased risk of cancer. Once ingested, arsenic is metabolized via methylation and excreted in urine. Knowledge about nutritional factors affecting individual variation in methylation is limited.

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