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SUBMITTER: Steinmaus C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5247272 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Steinmaus Craig C Ferreccio Catterina C Acevedo Johanna J Balmes John R JR Liaw Jane J Troncoso Patricia P Dauphiné David C DC Nardone Anthony A Smith Allan H AH
Toxicology and applied pharmacology 20161008
<h4>Background</h4>Arsenic in drinking water has been associated with increases in lung disease, but information on the long-term impacts of early-life exposure or moderate exposure levels are limited.<h4>Methods</h4>We investigated pulmonary disease and lung function in 795 subjects from three socio-demographically similar areas in northern Chile: Antofagasta, which had a well-described period of high arsenic water concentrations (860μg/L) from 1958 to 1970; Iquique, which had long-term arsenic ...[more]