Organochlorines and heavy metals in pregnant women from the Disko Bay area in Greenland

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 245, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 195-202

  Bjerregaard, Peter ^a   Hansen, Jens C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Diet; Greenland; Lead; Marine mammals; Mercury; PCB; Pesticides; Smoking

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR 1260; CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SELENIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; DIET; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAMMAL; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA FOOD; SMOKING; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GREENLAND; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDES; INUITS; METALS, HEAVY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEAFOOD; SMOKING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033982376     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00444-1     Document Type: Article

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