Association between arsenic exposure and plasma cholinesterase activity: a population based study in Bangladesh

Nurshad Ali; Md Ashraful Hoque; Abedul Haque; Kazi Abdus Salam; Md Rezaul Karim; Aminur Rahman; Khairul Islam; Zahangir Alam Saud; Md Abdul Khalek; Anwarul Azim Akhand; Mostaque Hossain; Abul Mandal; Md Rezaul Karim; Hideki Miyataka; Seiichiro Himeno; Khaled Hossain

doi:10.1186/1476-069X-9-36

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Dose-related relationship of water arsenic with hair and nail arsenic concentrations. Relationship between drinking water arsenic and the arsenic in hair (A) or in nails (B) of the study subjects. Arsenic concentrations in water, hair and nails were used after log transformation. r_sand p- values are from Spearman correlation coefficient test.