Prevalence of fetal exposure to environmental toxins as determined by meconium analysis

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 329-339

  Ostrea, Enrique M ^a,b   Morales, Victor ^a,b   Ngoumgna, Etienne ^a,b   Prescilla, Randy ^a,b   Tan, Edwina ^a,b   Hernandez, Emilio ^a,b   Ramirez, Gloria Baens ^a,b   Cifra, Herminia L ^a,b   Manlapaz, Maria Luisa ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Drugs; Environmental pollutants; Heavy metals; Lead; Meconium; Mercury; Neonate; Pesticide

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHLORPYRIFOS; DIMPYLATE; LEAD; LINDANE; MALATHION; MERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PARATHION; PENTACHLOROPHENOL;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FECES ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MECONIUM; PARITY; PHILIPPINES; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETUS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MECONIUM; METALS, HEAVY; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PHILIPPINES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 0036746131     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-813X(02)00077-3     Document Type: Article

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