Mercury levels in cord blood and meconium of healthy newborns and venous blood of their mothers: Clinical, prospective cohort study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 374, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-70

  Unuvar, Emin ^a   Ahmadov, Hasan ^a   Kiziler, Ali Riza ^a,b   Aydemir, Birsen ^a,b   Toprak, Sadik ^c   Ulker, Volkan ^d   Ark, Cemal ^d  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Bakirkoy State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Child; Meconium; Mercury; Mother; Newborn

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CONTAMINATION; HEALTH RISKS; PEDIATRICS; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; TOXICITY;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETER; CHRONIC MERCURY INTOXICATION; PREGNANT WOMEN; VEGETABLE-EATING;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

BIOMONITORING; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; HEMATOLOGY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUCUS; NEONATE; POLLUTION EFFECT; PREGNANCY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; MECONIUM; MERCURIALISM; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TOOTH FILLING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VEGETABLE; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; MECONIUM; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; MILK, HUMAN; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY; URBAN HEALTH;

EURASIA; ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 33846868162     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.11.043     Document Type: Article

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