Arsenic level in toenails is associated with hearing loss in humans.

Arsenic (As) pollution in drinking water is a worldwide health risk for humans. We previously showed hearing loss in young people who live in areas of As-polluted drinking water and in young mice orally treated with As. In this study, we epidemiologically examined associations between As levels in t...

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Main Authors: Xiang Li, Nobutaka Ohgami, Ichiro Yajima, Huadong Xu, Machiko Iida, Reina Oshino, Hiromasa Ninomiya, Dandan Shen, Nazmul Ahsan, Anwarul Azim Akhand, Masashi Kato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6033376?pdf=render