Association between birth outcomes and aflatoxin B1 biomarker blood levels in pregnant women in Kumasi, Ghana

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-167

  Shuaib, Faisal M B ^a   Jolly, Pauline E ^a   Ehiri, John E ^b   Yatich, Nelly ^a   Jiang, Yi ^a   Funkhouser, Ellen ^c   Person, Sharina D ^c   Wilson, Craig ^a   Ellis, William O ^d   Wang, Jia Sheng ^e   Williams, Jonathan H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Birth outcomes; Kumasi; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; LYSINE;

BIOMARKER; BIRTH RATE; BLOOD; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GHANA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; STILLBIRTH;

ADULT; AFLATOXIN B1; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; POISONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STILLBIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ASHANTI; GHANA; KUMASI;

EID: 74349115727     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02435.x     Document Type: Article

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