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Adaptation to Extreme Environments in an Admixed Human Population from the Atacama Desert

Inorganic arsenic (As) is a toxic xenobiotic and carcinogen associated with severe health conditions. The urban population from the Atacama Desert in northern Chile was exposed to extremely high As levels (up to 600 µg/l) in drinking water between 1958 and 1971, leading to increased incidence of uri...

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Autores principales: Vicuña, Lucas, Fernandez, Mario I, Vial, Cecilia, Valdebenito, Patricio, Chaparro, Eduardo, Espinoza, Karena, Ziegler, Annemarie, Bustamante, Alberto, Eyheramendy, Susana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6733355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31384924
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evz172