Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2014, 11, 7874-7895; doi:10.3390/ijerph110807874 OPEN ACCESS International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ISSN 1660-4601 www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph Article Role of Metabolic Genes in Blood Arsenic Concentrations of Jamaican Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder Mohammad H. Rahbar 1,2,3,*, Maureen Samms-Vaughan 4, Jianzhong Ma 2, Jan Bressler 5, Katherine A. Loveland 6, Manouchehr Ardjomand-Hessabi 3, Aisha S. Dickerson 3, Megan L. Grove 5, Sydonnie Shakespeare-Pellington 4, Compton Beecher 7, Wayne McLaughlin 7,8 and Eric Boerwinkle 1,5 1 Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences (EHGES), University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA; E-Mail:
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[email protected] (S.S.-P.) 5 Human Genetics Center, University of Texas School of Public