Lead concentrates in ovarian follicle compromises pregnancy

Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 205-207

  Silberstein, Tali ^a,e   Saphier, Oshra ^b   Paz Tal, Ofra ^c   Trimarchi, James R ^a   Gonzalez, Liliana ^d   Keefe, David L ^a  

^a Women and Infants Hospital   (United States)

^b Shamoon Academic College of Engineering   (Israel)

^c NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER NEGEV   (Israel)

^d 3D Group for Interactive Visualization   (United States)

^e BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Follicular fluid; ICP MS; Lead; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PLASMA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY;

EID: 33748207749     PISSN: 0946672X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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