Maternal and fetal cadmium and selenium status in normotensive and hypertensive pregnancy

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 97-103

  Kosanovic, Melita ^a,d   Jokanovic, Milan ^b   Jevremovic, Milan ^c   Dobric, Silva ^d   Bokonjic, Dubravko ^d  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Cadmium; Pregnancy induced hypertension; Selenium; Tobacco smoking; Umbilical cord blood

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; GRAPHITE; MERCURY DERIVATIVE; SELENIUM; THIOCYANATE;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; HUMAN; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BLOOD PRESSURE; CADMIUM; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; SELENIUM; SMOKING; THIOCYANATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0036839965     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:89:2:97     Document Type: Article

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