Saliva as a biomarker of arsenic exposure

QC 20141217
Saliva is a biofluid that has not been used extensively as a biomonitoring tool in epidemiological studies. This study presents the arsenic (As) concentrations in saliva samples collected from populations of West Bengal, India. We found a significant (p < 0.05) association between the Log transformed Daily Ingestion of As (μg day-1) and the As concentration in saliva (r = 0.68). Additionally, As concentration of saliva and urine also had a significant positive correlation (r = 0.60, p < 0.05). Male participants, smokers and cases of skin lesion were independently and significantly associated with increase in salivary As. Thus our findings show that saliva is a useful biomarker of As exposure in the study population.

Halder, D. (author)
Chatterjee, D. (author)
Nriagu, J. (author)
Guha Mazumder, D. N. (author)
Bhattacharya, ProsunKTH,Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik(Swepub:kth)u19v7ore (author)
Iglesias, M. (author)
KTHHållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik (creator_code:org_t)

In:One Century of the Discovery of Arsenicosis in Latin America (1914-2014): CRC Press, s. 540-5429781138001411

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