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Genetic effects on toxic and essential elements in humans: arsenic, cadmium, copper, lead, mercury, selenium, and zinc in erythrocytes.
Environmental health perspectives - 1 Jun 2010
Whitfield John B, Dy Veronica, McQuilty Robert, Zhu Gu, Heath Andrew C, Montgomery Grant W, Martin Nicholas G
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: An excess of toxic trace elements or a deficiency of essential ones has been implicated in many common diseases or public health problems, but little is known about causes of variation between people living within similar environments. We estimated effects of personal and socioeconomic characteristics on concentrations of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), mercury (Hg), lead (Pb),...
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