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  • Prenatal and Early-life Metals Exposure and Immune Function in Children

    Creator:
    Welch, Barrett M.
    Abstract:
    Immune system development during prenatal and early-life periods are essential for healthy development. Environmental and nutritional factors during these periods have strong influences on immune development and can have impacts on disease susceptibility for an individual throughout adulthood. Globally, hundreds of millions of people experience elevated environmental exposure to arsenic,...
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    Dissertation
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    interpretation of findings, and reviewed the second manuscript. Sharia M. Ahmed helped to organize data

  • Environmental Metal Exposures and Effects on Maternal and Child Health in Bangladesh

    Creator:
    Andrews, Faye V.
    Abstract:
    Bangladesh is a developing country with burdens of environmental pollution and disparities in maternal and child health. Arsenic, manganese, and lead are pervasive environmental contaminants throughout Bangladesh with major exposures through drinking water and ambient pollution. Chronic exposures to arsenic, manganese, and lead in sensitive populations such as pregnant women,...
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    Dissertation