Antagonistic effect of early stage zinc on arsenic toxicity induced preterm birth during pregnancy: evidence from a rural Bangladesh birth cohort.

Author: Yong-Yue WEI ¹ ; Hui HUANG ² ; Yan-Kai XIA ³ ; Liang-Min WEI ² ; Xin CHEN ² ; Ru-Yang ZHANG ² ; Wei-Wei DUAN ² ; Li SU ⁴ ; Mohammad L RAHMAN ⁵ ; Mahmudur RAHMAN ⁶ ; Md Golam MOSTOFA ⁶ ; Quazi QAMRUZZAMAN ⁶ ; Wen-Hui GUO ³ ; Xian SUN ³ ; Hao YU ² ; Hong-Bing SHEN ⁷ ; Zhi-Bin HU ¹ ; David C CHRISTIANI ⁷ ; Feng CHEN ¹
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1. State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211166, China.
2. Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211166, China.
3. Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211166, China.
4. Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
5. Harvard Medical School, Department of Population Medicine and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
6. Dhaka Community Hospital Trust, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
7. China International Cooperation Center for Environment and Human Health, Center of Global Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211166, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
MeSH: Arsenic/toxicity*; Bangladesh; Female; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Pregnancy; Premature Birth/chemically induced*; Rural Population; Zinc
From: Chinese Medical Journal 2021;134(5):619-621
CountryChina
Language:English