Xiao Zhang, Yuwen Tang, Beibei Zhang, Yongjing Zhang, Jifeng Dai, Junhui Zhang
Province-level distribution and drivers of infant mortality in mainland China: a Geodetector-based analysis of data from 2020
BMJ open
genotoxic study conducted 101 elementary school children 56 girls 45 boys 67 89 1012 age ranges el fraile rural community located beside el fraile mine tailings taxco alarcon city northern guerrero state mexico used alkaline comet assay exfoliated buccal mucosa cells scoring three genotoxic parameters tail intensity tail moment tail length additionally detected oxidative dna damage urinary 8ohdg levels enzymelinked immunosorbent assay also evaluated control group consisting 101 children age ranges chilpancingo city guerrero never lived near mining zones genotoxic results showed significant increase three genotoxic parameters urinary 8ohdg levels exposed children group compared control group analysis manova revealed boys aged 8 9 years higher dna damage girls exposure group spearmans analysis identified positive correlation dna damage sex age study provides first valuable genotoxic data children living areas environmental pollution