Concentrations of toxic metals and trace elements in the meconium of newborns from an industrial city

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 244-250

  Türker, Gülcan ^a   Ergen, Kivanç ^a   Karakoç, Yunus ^b   Arisoy, Ayşe Engin ^a   Barutcu, U Bora ^c  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Lead; Meconium; Toxic metal; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MALE; MECONIUM; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL;

CADMIUM; CITIES; EMPLOYMENT; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; MALE; MECONIUM; MOTHERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 33745113736     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089953     Document Type: Article

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