Association of maternal chronic arsenic exposure with the risk of neural tube defects in Northern China

Numerous animal studies have shown that high arsenic exposure can induce neural tube defect (NTD) formation. However, epidemiological evidence related to this finding is scarce. The key objective of our study is to evaluate whether maternal arsenic exposure is associated with NTD risk in Northern Ch...

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Main Authors: Bin Wang, Yibing Zhu, Lailai Yan, Jingxu Zhang, Xilong Wang, Hefa Cheng, Zhiwen Li, Rongwei Ye, Aiguo Ren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-05-01
Series:Environment International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412018325960