Meconium as a biological marker of prenatal exposure

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-43

  Bearer, Cynthia F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Ethanol; Meconium; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALCOHOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIULCER AGENT; AROCLOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BUTYLCRESOL; CADMIUM; CARDIOTONIC AGENT; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHLORPYRIFOS; COTININE; EXPECTORANT AGENT; FOOD ADDITIVE; LEAD; LINDANE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MALATHION; MERCURY; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PARATHION; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MECONIUM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PATHOGENESIS; PLACENTA; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SKIN TEST; TOBACCO; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0037260160     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/1539-4409(2003)003<0040:MAABMO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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