Reference values for selected trace elements in serum of term newborns from the urban area of Rome

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 292, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 163-173

  Alimonti, Alessandro ^a   Petrucci, Francesco ^a   Laurenti, Francesco ^b   Papoff, Paola ^b   Caroli, Sergio ^a  

^a Applied Toxicology Laboratory   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Newborns; Serum analysis; Trace elements reference values

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; LITHIUM; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; RUBIDIUM; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; URBAN AREA;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REFERENCE VALUES; ROME; TRACE ELEMENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033976541     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(99)00217-X     Document Type: Article

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