Article
A perspective of chronic low exposure of arsenic on non-working women: Risk of hypertension.
The Science of the total environment - 15 Feb 2017
Yu Yanxin, Guo Yunhe, Zhang Jingxu, Xie Jing, Zhu Yibing, Yan Jingjing, Wang Bin, Li Zhiwen
Abstract excerpt
The relationship between arsenic (As) exposure and hypertension risk are extensively studied. The As content in scalp hair has been used as a reliable indicator of population for long-time exposure from different sources. Therefore, we investigated the association between hair As concentration and hypertension risk, as well as the potential modifying effects of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) related to...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Arsenic
- Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase
- China
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Environmental Exposure
- Epoxide Hydrolases
- Female
- Glutathione S-Transferase pi
- Hair
- Humans
- Hypertension
- Middle Aged
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Risk
