Possible positive selection for an arsenic-protective haplotype in humans

Authors :: Schlebusch, Carina M.
Lewis, Cecil M.
Vahter, Marie
Engstrom, Karin
Tito, Raul Y.
Obregon-Tito, Alexandra J.
Huerta, Doris
Polo, Susan I.
Medina, Angel C.
Brutsaert, Tom D.
Concha, Gabriela
Jakobsson, Mattias
Broberg, Karin
Source :: Environmental Health Perspectives. January, 2013, Vol. 121 Issue 1, p53, 12 p.
Publication Year :: 2013
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Arsenic in drinking water causes severe health effects. Indigenous people in the South American Andes have likely lived with arsenic-contaminated drinking water for thousands of years. Inhabitants of San [...]