Influence of maternal age and duration of pregnancy on serum concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls and hexachlorobenzene in full-term neonates

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 214-219

  Lackmann, Gerd M ^a   Angerer, Jürgen ^b   Salzberger, Ulrich ^c   Töllner, Uwe ^c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Duration of pregnancy; Environmental pollutants; Gestational age; Hexachlorobenzene; Maternal age; Neonate; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

HEXACHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY BURDEN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY;

POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 0032848734     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000014161     Document Type: Article

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