Mercury and heavy metal profiles of maternal and umbilical cord RBCs in Japanese population

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Sakamoto, Mineshi ^a   Murata, Katsuyuki ^b   Kubota, Machi ^c   Nakai, Kunihiko ^d   Satoh, Hiroshi ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Fukuoka University   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cadmium; Lead; Methylmercury; Mother; Placental transfer; Red blood cells; Selenium; Umbilical cord blood

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; SELENIUM;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHILDBEARING; LEAD; MATERNAL HEALTH; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MATERNAL BLOOD; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; JAPAN; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; PREGNANCY; SELENIUM;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 70350724390     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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