Association between Lifetime Exposure to Inorganic Arsenic in Drinking Water and Coronary Heart Disease in Colorado Residents

Conclusions: Lifetime exposure to low-level inorganic arsenic in drinking water was associated with increased risk for CHD in this population.

Citation: James KA, Byers T, Hokanson JE, Meliker JR, Zerbe GO, Marshall JA. 2015. Association between lifetime exposure to inorganic arsenic in drinking water and coronary heart disease in Colorado residents. Environ Health Perspect 123:128–134; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1307839
Address correspondence to K.A. James, University of Colorado Denver, Department of Family Medicine, 13001 E. 17th Place, MS F542, Aurora, CO 80045 USA. Telephone: [phone]. E-mail: [e-mail]
We thank L.P. Wright and the chemistry laboratory staff at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment for their contribution to this research. We thank R. Hamman for authorization to conduct this research as part of the San Luis Valley Health Studies. We also thank all of the participants and residents of the San Luis Valley whose courtesy and interest in the research was the source of its success. Last, we thank the numerous people whose contribution to this study was invaluable.
The authors declare they have no actual or potential competing financial interests.
Received: 2 November 2013
Accepted: 27 October 2014
Advance Publication: 28 October 2014
Final Publication: 1 February 2015

Introduction
Nonoccupational exposure to inorganic arsenic occurs mainly through drinking contamin...

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