Morbidity in neonates of mothers who have ingested aflatoxins

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-151

  Abdulrazzaq, Yousef M ^a   Osman, Nawal ^a   Yousif, Zuheir M ^b   Trad, Omar ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN M1;

CHILD HEALTH; MATERNAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

AFLATOXIN M1; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; JAUNDICE; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 3042682379     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249304225013420     Document Type: Article

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