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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...
Autores principales: | Vicuña, Lucas, Fernandez, Mario I, Vial, Cecilia, Valdebenito, Patricio, Chaparro, Eduardo, Espinoza, Karena, Ziegler, Annemarie, Bustamante, Alberto, Eyheramendy, Susana |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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