Maternal arsenic exposure and DNA damage biomarkers, and the associations with birth outcomes in a general population from Taiwan.

Inorganic arsenic (iAs) is an established transplacental agent known to affect fetal development in animal studies. However, iAs has not been adequately studied in the general population with respect to iAs exposure during pregnancy and its impact on the health status of newborns. The aims of this s...

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Main Authors: Wei-Chun Chou, Yu-The Chung, Hsiao-Yen Chen, Chien-Jen Wang, Tsung-Ho Ying, Chun-Yu Chuang, Ying-Chih Tseng, Shu-Li Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24558361/?tool=EBI