Health Effects and Geochemistry of Arsenic - Project 1
- Lead PI: Ana Navas-Acien
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Unit Affiliation: Mailman School of Public Health
- May 2017 - March 2020
- Inactive
- Asia ; North America ; Bangladesh ; Taiwan ; China ; Arizona ; Colorado ; North Dakota ; Oklahoma ; South Dakota
- Project Type: Research
DESCRIPTION: This project explores hypotheses concerning the impact of exposure to arsenic in food (rice) and water on cardiovascular diseases, chronic non-malignant lung diseases, and diabetes mellitus. The work involves newly collected data from an arsenic-exposed study population of 35,000 study participants in Bangladesh, as well as previously collected data from populations in the United States (AZ, CO, ND, OK, SD), Taiwan, and China.