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Gender-specific protective effect of hemoglobin on arsenic-induced skin lesions.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 May 2006
Breton Carrie V, Houseman E Andres, Kile Molly L, Quamruzzaman Quazi, Rahman Mahmuder, Mahiuddin Golam, Christiani David C
Abstract excerpt
Chronic arsenic poisoning remains a public health crisis in Bangladesh. As arsenic has been shown to bind to human hemoglobin (Hb), hematologic mechanisms may play a role in the pathway through which arsenic exerts its toxicity. Two separate studies, a case-control and a cohort, were conducted to investigate the role of Hb in the development of arsenic-induced skin lesions. In the first, conditional logistic...
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