Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23549402›Full record

ArticleJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology

Occurrence of trivalent monomethyl arsenic and other urinary arsenic species in a highly exposed juvenile population in Bangladesh.

David A Kalman, Russell L Dills, Craig Steinmaus, Md Yunus, Al Fazal Khan, Md Mofijuddin Prodhan, Yan Yuan, Allan H Smith

Open access · bronzeAbstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Interactive Effects of N6AMT1 and As3MT in Arsenic Biomethylation.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2015
    Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

David A KalmanDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Russell L DillsDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Craig SteinmausArsenic Health Effects Research Group, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
Md YunusInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Al Fazal KhanInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Md Mofijuddin ProdhanInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Yan YuanArsenic Health Effects Research Group, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
Allan H SmithArsenic Health Effects Research Group, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research · BDUniversity of California, Berkeley · USUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

Training CoreP42ES004705 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI MORELLO-FROSCH, RACHEL ADELE · 1987 to 2025
$74.6M
Arsenic and child respiratory health in BangladeshR01HL081520 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI SMITH, ALLAN H · 2007 to 2010
$2.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL081520NIEHS NIH HHS P42-ES04705
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Following reports of high cytotoxicity and mutagenicity of monomethyl arsonous acid (MMA(III)) and early reports of urinary MMA(III) in arsenic-exposed individuals, MMA(III) has often been included in population studies. Use of urinary MMA(III) as an indicator of exposure and/or health risk is challenged by inconsistent results from field studies and stability studies, which indicate potential artifacts. We measured urinary arsenic species in children chronically exposed to arsenic in drinking water, using collection, storage, and analysis methods shown to conserve MMA(III). MMA(III) was easily oxidized in sample storage and processing, but recoveries of 80% or better in spiked urine samples were achieved. Attempts to preserve the distribution of MMA between trivalent and pentavalent forms using complexing agents were unsuccessful and MMA(III) spiked into treated urine samples actually showed lower stability than in untreated samples. In 643 urine samples from a highly exposed population from the Matlab district in Bangladesh stored for 3-6 months at ≤-70 °C, MMA(III) was detected in 41 samples, with an estimated median value of 0.3 μg/l, and levels of MMA(III) above 1 μg/l in only two samples. The low urinary concentrations in highly exposed individuals and known difficulties in preserving sample oxidation state indicate that urinary MMA(III) is not suitable for use as an epidemiological biomarker.

Indexed as

Environmental ExposureArsenicalsBangladeshChildChromatography, High Pressure LiquidDrinking WaterHumansMass SpectrometryWater Pollutants, ChemicalArsenicalsDrinking WaterWater Pollutants, Chemical

Identifiers

PMID23549402
OpenAlexW2158850941

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.