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Kevin A. Francesconi

Kevin A. Francesconi

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D-Index
78
Citations
17176
World Ranking
3903
National Ranking
15

Overview

Kevin A. Francesconi is affiliated with the University of Graz in Austria and has a research focus within the field of Environmental Science. Their scholarly work encompasses subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Water Science and Technology.

Their main research topics include:

  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes
  • Fluoride Effects and Removal

Recent papers authored by Francesconi cover multiple dimensions of arsenic exposure and its effects, including:

  • Rice Intake, Arsenic Exposure, and Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease Among US Adults in MESA, 2020, Journal of the American Heart Association
  • Locus-Specific Differential DNA Methylation and Urinary Arsenic: An Epigenome-Wide Association Study in Blood among Adults with Low-to-Moderate Arsenic Exposure, 2020, Environmental Health Perspectives
  • Toxicity of three types of arsenolipids: species-specific effects in Caenorhabditis elegans, 2020, Metallomics
  • Arsenolipids in Cultured Picocystis Strain ML and Their Occurrence in Biota and Sediment from Mono Lake, California, 2020, Life
  • Associations of maternal arsenic exposure with adult fasting glucose and insulin resistance in the Strong Heart Study and Strong Heart Family Study, 2020, Environment International

Francesconi frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Ana Navas-Acién, Jason G. Umans, Walter Goessler, Shelley A. Cole, and Ronald A. Glabonjat.

Their contributions have appeared frequently in publication venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology
  • Metallomics
  • EFSA Journal
  • Environmental Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Determination of arsenic species: A critical review of methods and applications, 2000–2003

    Kevin A. Francesconi;Doris Kuehnelt

  • Arsenic and Marine Organisms

    Kevin A. Francesconi;John S. Edmonds

  • Human exposure to organic arsenic species from seafood.

    Vivien Taylor;Britton Goodale;Andrea Raab;Tanja Schwerdtle

  • Arsenic species in an arsenic hyperaccumulating fern, Pityrogramma calomelanos: a potential phytoremediator of arsenic-contaminated soils.

    Kevin Francesconi;Pornsawan Visoottiviseth;Weeraphan Sridokchan;Walter Goessler

  • The potential of Thai indigenous plant species for the phytoremediation of arsenic contaminated land.

    P Visoottiviseth;K Francesconi;W Sridokchan

  • Isolation, crystal structure and synthesis of arsenobetaine, the arsenical constituent of the western rock lobster panulirus longipes cygnus George

    John S. Edmonds;Kevin A. Francesconi;Jack R. Cannon;Colin L. Raston

  • Cadmium exposure and incident cardiovascular disease.

    Maria Tellez-Plaza;Eliseo Guallar;Barbara V. Howard;Barbara V. Howard;Jason G. Umans;Jason G. Umans

  • Arsenic species in seafood: Origin and human health implications

    Kevin A. Francesconi

  • Arsenic Metabolites in Human Urine after Ingestion of an Arsenosugar

    Kevin A. Francesconi;René Tanggaar;Christine J. McKenzie;Walter Goessler

  • Association Between Exposure to Low to Moderate Arsenic Levels and Incident Cardiovascular Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study

    Katherine A. Moon;Eliseo Guallar;Jason G. Umans;Richard B. Devereux

  • Roxarsone, inorganic arsenic, and other arsenic species in chicken: a U.S.-based market basket sample.

    Keeve E. Nachman;Patrick A. Baron;Georg Raber;Kevin A. Francesconi

  • Characterization of an algal extract by HPLC-ICP-MS and LC-electrospray MS for use in arsenosugar speciation studies

    Anne D. Madsen;Walter Goessler;Søren N. Pedersen;Kevin A. Francesconi

  • Seafood Intake and Urine Concentrations of Total Arsenic, Dimethylarsinate and Arsenobetaine in the US Population

    Ana Navas-Acien;Kevin A. Francesconi;Ellen K. Silbergeld;Eliseo Guallar;Eliseo Guallar

  • Arsenic in seafoods: Human health aspects and regulations

    John S. Edmonds;Kevin A. Francesconi

  • Isolation, crystal structure and synthesis of arsenobetaine, a constituent of the western rock lobster, the dusky shark, and some samples of human urine

    Jack R. Cannon;John S. Edmonds;Kevin A. Francesconi;Colin L. Raston

  • Selenium Metabolites in Urine: A Critical Overview of Past Work and Current Status

    Kevin A. Francesconi;Florence Pannier

  • Cadmium exposure and cancer mortality in a prospective cohort: the strong heart study.

    Esther García-Esquinas;Marina Pollan;Maria Tellez-Plaza;Maria Tellez-Plaza;Kevin A. Francesconi

  • Thio-dimethylarsinate is a common metabolite in urine samples from arsenic-exposed women in Bangladesh.

    Reingard Raml;Alice Rumpler;Walter Goessler;Marie Vahter

  • Arsenic Compounds in the Environment

    Kevin A. Francesconi;Doris Kuehnelt

  • Arsenic‐Containing Long‐Chain Fatty Acids in Cod‐Liver Oil: A Result of Biosynthetic Infidelity?

    Alice Rumpler;John S. Edmonds;Mariko Katsu;Kenneth B. Jensen

  • Urine Arsenic Concentrations and Species Excretion Patterns in American Indian Communities Over a 10-year Period: The Strong Heart Study

    Ana Navas-Acien;Jason G. Umans;Barbara V. Howard;Walter Goessler

  • Determination of Arsenic Compounds in Earthworms

    Anita Geiszinger;Walter Goessler;Doris Kuehnelt;Kevin Francesconi

  • An improved HPLC–ICPMS method for determining inorganic arsenic in food: Application to rice, wheat and tuna fish

    Georg Raber;Natascha Stock;Pia Hanel;Manuela Murko

  • Seafood intake and urine concentrations of total arsenic, dimethylarsinate and arsenobetaine in the U.S. population

    A. Navas-Acien;K. A. Francesconi;E. K. Silbergeld;E. Guallar

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter Goessler
Walter Goessler University of Graz
Barbara V. Howard
Barbara V. Howard MedStar Health
Eliseo Guallar
Eliseo Guallar Johns Hopkins University
Ellen K. Silbergeld
Ellen K. Silbergeld Johns Hopkins University
Shelley A. Cole
Shelley A. Cole Texas Biomedical Research Institute
Dhananjay Vaidya
Dhananjay Vaidya Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Richard B. Devereux
Richard B. Devereux Cornell University
Nora Franceschini
Nora Franceschini University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Joel D. Kaufman
Joel D. Kaufman University of Washington
Kari E. North
Kari E. North University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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