Association of Rice and Rice-Product Consumption With Arsenic Exposure Early in Life.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Rice-a typical first food and major ingredient in various infant foods-contains inorganic arsenic (As), but the extent of As exposure from these foods has not been well characterized in early childhood.

Objective

To determine the types and frequency of rice and rice-containing products consumed by infants in the first year of life and the association with As biomarker concentrations.

Design, setting, and participants

Included were infants from singleton births of pregnant women enrolled in the New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study from 2011 to 2014 whose parents were interviewed during their first year of life. Enrolled women from selected clinics were aged 18 to 45 years, living in the same residence since their last menstrual period, in households served by a

SUBMITTER: Karagas MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5215769 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature