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Meera Hira-Smith
Researcher at University of California, Berkeley
Publications - 11
Citations - 950
Meera Hira-Smith is an academic researcher from University of California, Berkeley. The author has contributed to research in topics: Arsenic contamination of groundwater & Arsenic. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 11 publications receiving 867 citations.
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Pregnancy Outcomes, Infant Mortality, and Arsenic in Drinking Water in West Bengal, India
O S von Ehrenstein,D N Guha Mazumder,Meera Hira-Smith,Nilima Ghosh,Yan Yuan,Gayle C. Windham,A. Ghosh,Reina Haque,Sarbari Lahiri,David A. Kalman,S Das,Allan H. Smith +11 more
TL;DR: Exposure to high concentrations of arsenic during pregnancy was associated with a sixfold increased risk of stillbirth after adjustment for potential confounders and there was no indication of the increased rates of spontaneous abortion and overall infant mortality that have been reported in some studies.
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Children's intellectual function in relation to arsenic exposure.
Ondine S. von Ehrenstein,Shalini Poddar,Yan Yuan,Debendra Nath Guha Mazumder,Brenda Eskenazi,Arin Basu,Meera Hira-Smith,Nalima Ghosh,Sabari Lahiri,Reina Haque,A. Ghosh,Dave Kalman,S Das,Allan H. Smith +13 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted a cross-sectional study among 351 children age 5 to 15 years who were selected from a source population of 7683 people in West Bengal, India, in 2001-2003.
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Children's intellectual function in relation to arsenic exposure. Commentary
Philippe Grandjean,Katsuyuki Murata,Ondine S. von Ehrenstein,Shalini Poddar,Yan Yuan,Debendra Nath Guha Mazumder,Brenda Eskenazi,Arin Basu,Meera Hira-Smith,Nalima Ghosh,Sabari Lahiri,Reina Haque,A. Ghosh,Dave Kalman,S Das,Allan H. Smith +15 more
TL;DR: Current arsenic concentrations in urine, which reflect all sources of recent exposure, including water and food, were associated with small decrements in intellectual testing in school-aged children in West Bengal.
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Decrements in Lung Function Related to Arsenic in Drinking Water in West Bengal, India
Ondine S. von Ehrenstein,D N Guha Mazumder,Yan Yuan,Sambit Samanta,John R. Balmes,Arabinda Sil,Nilima Ghosh,Meera Hira-Smith,Reina Haque,Radhika Purushothamam,Sarbari Lahiri,Subhankar Das,Allan H. Smith +12 more
TL;DR: Consumption of arsenic-contaminated water was associated with respiratory symptoms and reduced lung function in men, especially among those with arsenicrelated skin lesions, and women had lower risks than men of developing skin lesions and showed little evidence of respiratory effects.
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Bronchiectasis in persons with skin lesions resulting from arsenic in drinking water.
D N Guha Mazumder,Craig Steinmaus,Craig Steinmaus,Partha Bhattacharya,Ondine S. von Ehrenstein,Nilima Ghosh,Michael B. Gotway,Arabinda Sil,John R. Balmes,John R. Balmes,Reina Haque,Meera Hira-Smith,Allan H. Smith +12 more
TL;DR: Subjects with arsenic-caused skin lesions had a 10-fold increased prevalence of bronchiectasis compared with subjects who did not have skin lesions, suggesting that ingestion of high concentrations of arsenic in drinking water may be a cause of bron Chiectasis.