A cohort study of the association between prenatal arsenic exposure and age at menarche in a rural area, Bangladesh

Background: Millions of individuals worldwide, particularly in Bangladesh, are exposed to arsenic, mainly through drinking water from tube wells. Arsenic is a reproductive toxicant, but there is limited knowledge of whether it influences pubertal development. Objectives: We evaluated the association...

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Main Authors: Anisur Rahman, Maria Kippler, Jesmin Pervin, Chandan Tarafder, Ishrat Javeen Lucy, Pernilla Svefors, Shams El Arifeen, Lars Åke Persson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:Environment International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412021001872