Potential facet for prenatal arsenic exposure paradigm: linking endocrine disruption and epigenetics

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Siddhartha Gangopadhyay1, Vineeta Sharma2, Anchal Chauhan1, Vikas Srivastava1
1Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Lucknow, India
2Developmental Toxicology Laboratory, Systems Toxicology and Health Risk Assessment Group, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Lucknow, India

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