In utero exposure to cadmium pollution in Cairo and Giza governorates of Egypt

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 254-260

  Mokhtar, G ^a   Hossny, E ^a   El Awady, M ^a   Zekry, M ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; TOBACCO SMOKE;

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PASSIVE SMOKING; POLLUTION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VENOUS BLOOD;

APGAR SCORE; CADMIUM; CADMIUM POISONING; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SUBURBAN HEALTH; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 4444353137     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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