Maternal blood levels of persistent organic pollutants can be used to estimate in utero exposure

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 281-291

  Abballe, Annalisa ^a   Guarino, Maria ^b   Taggi, Franco ^a   Traina, Maria Elsa ^b   Urbani, Elisabetta ^b   Valentini, Silvia ^a   De Felip, Elena ^a,b  

^a Dipartimento di Ambiente e Connessa Prevenzione Primaria   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cord blood; In utero exposure; Persistent organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 56349141055     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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