Lead, Mercury, and Organochlorine Compound Levels in Cord Blood in Québec, Canada

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 40-47

  Rhainds, Marc ^a,b   Levallois, Patrick ^a,b   Dewailly, Éric ^a,b   Ayotte, Pierre ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; MERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MERCURIALISM; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PEST CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDES; LEAD; MALE; MERCURY; NEONATAL SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUEBEC;

EID: 0032588571     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039899909602235     Document Type: Article

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