Exposure to Fumonisins and the Occurrence of Neural Tube Defects along the Texas–Mexico Border

Along the Texas–Mexico border, the prevalence of neural tube defects (NTDs) among Mexican-American women doubled during 1990–1991. The human outbreak began during the same crop year as epizootics attributed to exposure to fumonisin, a mycotoxin that often contaminates corn. Because Mexican Americans...

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Autores principales: Missmer, Stacey A., Suarez, Lucina, Felkner, Marilyn, Wang, Elaine, Merrill, Alfred H., Rothman, Kenneth J., Hendricks, Katherine A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2006
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1367837/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16451860
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.8221

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1367837/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16451860
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.8221

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