A quantitative study on the effects of maternal smoking on placental morphology and cadmium concentration

Placenta

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 247-256

  Bush, P G ^a   Mayhew, T M ^d   Abramovich, D R ^d   Aggett, P J ^b   Burke, M D ^c   Page, K R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COTININE; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAPILLARY; CHORION VILLUS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETUS HYPOXIA; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0034011099     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.1999.0470     Document Type: Article

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