Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Plasma Asymmetric Dimethylarginine in Mexican Children Exposed to Inorganic Arsenic

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Authors

Citlalli Osorio-Yáñez · Instituto Politécnico Nacional

Julio C. Ayllón-Vergara · Hospital Español

Guadalupe Aguilar‐Madrid · Mexican Social Security Institute

Laura Arreola‐Mendoza · Instituto Politécnico Nacional

Erika Hernández-Castellanos · Instituto Politécnico Nacional

Ángel Barrera-Hernández · Instituto Politécnico Nacional

Andrea De Vizcaya‐Ruíz

Abstract

Arsenic exposure and plasma ADMA levels were positively associated with cIMT in a population of Mexican children with environmental arsenic exposure through drinking water.

Topics & Keywords

Air Quality and Health Impacts Sodium Intake and Health Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Clean water and sanitation

Publication Details

Published in: Environmental Health Perspectives

Volume 121, Issue 9, pp. 1090-1096

DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1205994

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