Heavy metals in maternal and cord blood

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 250, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 135-141

  Raghunath, R ^a   Tripathi, R M ^a   Sastry, V N ^a   Krishnamoorthy, T M ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Blood; Cd; Cord blood; Cu; Fe; Heavy metal; Maternal blood; Mg; Pb; Zn

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; ITALY; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEWBORN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; METALS, HEAVY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0034709297     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00372-7     Document Type: Article

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