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- Contact Person:
- David Christiani
- Website:
- Role(s):
- Research
- Topic(s) of work:
- Water, Toxins, Data and Methods
- Started:
- 2002
- Ended:
- 2007
Primary Investigator(s)
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David Christiani
Department of Environmental Health, Havard UniversitySchool of Public HealthHarvard UniversityBoston, MA, United States
Description
This project is an environmental molecular epidmiologic investigation of groundwater arsenic exposure, genetic polymorhisms and skin lesions in Bangladesh. Bangladesh has experienced an epidemic of arsenic intoxication because tube wells have been drilled into alluvial deposits high in naturally occurring inorganic arsenic. This case-control and repeated measures investigation aims to clarify exposure-responses, and modification of adverse health effects of exposure by heritable(genetic) and lifestyle (eg diet) factors.
Host Institution(s)
- Department of Environmental Health, Havard University , Boston, MA, United States
Funder
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States