Mercury Levels in Premature and Low Birth Weight Newborn Infants after Receipt of Thimerosal-Containing Vaccines

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Pichichero, Michael E ^a   Gentile, Angela ^b   Giglio, Norberto ^b   Alonso, Margarita Martin ^c   Fernandez Mentaberri, Maria Veronica ^c   Zareba, Grazyna ^a   Clarkson, Thomas ^a   Gotelli, Carlos ^d   Gotelli, Mariano ^d   Yan, Lihan ^e   Treanor, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL DURAND   (Argentina)

^d Center of Toxicological Research   (Argentina)

^e EMMES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; ETHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; MERCURY; THIOMERSAL; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION; BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 70249129348     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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