Serum lead, cadmium, and zinc levels in newborns with neural tube defects from a polluted zone in Mexico

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-154

  Carrillo Ponce, María De Lourdes ^a   Martínez Ordaz, Verónica Araceli ^b   Velasco Rodríguez, Víctor Manuel ^b   Hernández García, Andrés ^a   Hernández Serrano, María Concepción ^a   Sanmiguel, Francisca ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE COAHUILA   (Mexico)

^b U de Invest en Epidemiologia Clin   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Congenital malformations; Lead; Neural tube defects; Newborn babies; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEXICO; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; POLLUTION; TIME; UTERUS; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 14244262271     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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