Accumulation of cadmium in human placenta interacts with the transport of micronutrients to the fetus

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 162-168

  Kippler, Maria ^a   Hoque, A M Waheedul ^b,d   Raqib, Rubhana ^b   Öhrvik, Helena ^c   Ekström, Eva Charlotte ^d   Vahter, Marie ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Metallothionein; Placenta; Umbilical cord blood; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; METALLOTHIONEIN; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZINC METABOLISM;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICRONUTRIENTS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74149087066     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2009.10.018     Document Type: Article

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