Correlation between blood mercury levels in mothers and newborns in Itaituba, Pará State, Brazil

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2007, Pages

  Santos, Elisabeth Oliveira ^a   De Jesus, Iracina Maura ^a   Câmara, Volney De Magalhães ^b   Brabo, Edílson Da Silva ^a   De Jesus, Maria Izabel ^a   Fayal, Kleber Freitas ^a   Asmus, Carmen Ildes Rodrigues Fróes ^b  

^a INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Maternal exposure; Mercury; Mercury poisoning

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS BLOOD; HUMAN; INFANT WELFARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MERCURIALISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 37349023249     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2007001600022     Document Type: Article

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