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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 16.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 2012 Dec 20;64(3):519–527. doi: 10.1007/s00244-012-9846-4

Table 5.

Urinary InAs levels in children from the Yaqui and Mayo valleys, Sonora, Mexico

Communities (n = 65) InAsa (μg As/L) Range (μg/L) > 50 μg As/L (%)
All communities 30.9 5.4–198.8 12.7
Cocorit 31.0 10.9–57.2 16.7
Bácum 32.3 10.3–66.6 25.0
Campo 5 20.4 9.2–51.4 5.5
SJ de Bácum 26.9* 5.4–198.8 3.7
Campo 47 24.4* 5.9–44.6 0.0
Tobarito 37.6 8.5–134.1 15.4
Cd. Obregón 62.4* 32.1–94.1 75.0
Etchojoa 16.4* 6.4–35.6 0.0
Villa Juárez 34.7 10.0–78.9 17.6
Navojoa 40.5* 10.1–190.3 11.8

InAs inorganic arsenic = sum of [s(III), As(V), MMA(V), and DMA(V)

*

ANOVA p<0.05 compared with other communities (n = 165)

a

Values are arithmetic means