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Influence of Cobalamin on Arsenic Metabolism in Bangladesh
BACKGROUND: Arsenic is a carcinogen to which 35 million people in Bangladesh are chronically exposed. The enzymatic transfer of methyl groups to inorganic As (iAs) generates monomethylarsonic (MMA) and dimethylarsinic acids (DMA) and facilitates urinary As (uAs) elimination. This process is dependen...
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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2801198/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20049124 http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.0900734 |