Prenatal mercury exposure and postnatal outcome: Clinical case report and analysis

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 366-370

  Pugach, Sofya ^a,b,c   Clarkson, Thomas ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Veterans Affairs North Texas Veterans Health Care Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental effects; Mercury; Prenatal exposure

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SALVAGE; BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; URINALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS BLOOD; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MERCURY; MILK, HUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 67649226084     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650902866911     Document Type: Article

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