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Effect of prenatal arsenic exposure on DNA methylation and leukocyte subpopulations in cord blood
13 Feb 2014
Abstract excerpt
Prenatal arsenic exposure is associated with increased risk of disease in adulthood. This has led to considerable interest in arsenic's ability to disrupt fetal programming. Many studies report that arsenic exposure alters DNA methylation in whole blood but these studies did not adjust for cell mixture. In this study, we examined the relationship between arsenic in maternal drinking water collected ≤ 16 weeks...
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