Assessment of asbestos burden in the placenta and tissue digests of stillborn infants in south Texas

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 532-538

  Haque, A K ^a   Vrazel, D M ^a   Uchida, T ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASBESTOS; BODY BURDEN; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXAS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031656905     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900413     Document Type: Article

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