ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2016
Arsenic exposure and risk of preeclampsia in a Mexican mestizo population.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Environmental contaminants and preeclampsia: a systematic literature review.Journal of toxicology and environmental health. Part B, Critical reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Environmental Toxicants in the Hispanic Community Epigenetically Contributing to Preeclampsia.Cardiovascular toxicology · 2025Review
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- Association of placental manganese levels, maternal gut microbiota, and preeclampsia: a tripartite perspective.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- An exploratory study on the association of multiple metals in serum with preeclampsia.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Review
- Urinary arsenic and spontaneous pregnancy loss - a hypothesis-generating case-control investigation in western Romania.Chemosphere · 2023Article
- Individual, Independent, and Joint Associations of Toxic Metals and Manganese on Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: Results from the MIREC Canadian Pregnancy Cohort.Environmental health perspectives · 2023Article
- The Relationship Between Preeclampsia and Arsenic Concentration in the Peripheral Blood.Biological trace element research · 2022Review
- The Role of Inorganics in Preeclampsia Assessed by Multiscale Multimodal Characterization of Placentae.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Drinking water contaminants in California and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2021Article
- Association between prenatal arsenic exposure, birth outcomes, and pregnancy complications: An observational study within the National Children's Study cohort.Environmental research · 2020Observational
- Health effects of arsenic exposure in Latin America: An overview of the past eight years of research.The Science of the total environment · 2020Article
- Heightened susceptibility: A review of how pregnancy and chemical exposures influence maternal health.Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) · 2020Review
- Environmental Toxicant Exposure and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: Recent Findings.Current hypertension reports · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundExposure to arsenic in drinking water has been associated with various complications of pregnancy including fetal loss, low birth weight, anemia, gestational diabetes and spontaneous abortion. However, to date, there are no studies evaluating its possible association with preeclampsia.
methodsThis case-control study involved 104 preeclamptic and 202 healthy pregnant women. The concentrations of arsenic in drinking water and urine were measured using a Microwave Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometer.
resultsWe found relatively low levels of arsenic in household tap water (range of 2.48-76.02 μg/L) and in the urine of the participants (7.1 μg/L vs 6.78 μg/L in cases and controls, respectively).
conclusionsThe analysis between groups showed for the first time that at these lower levels of exposure there is no association with preeclampsia.
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