Cytogenetic status in newborns and their parents in Madrid: The BioMadrid study

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 267-277

  Lope Carvajal, Virginia ^a,b   Pollán, Marina ^a,b   Fernández, Mario ^c   De León, América ^d   González, Maria José ^c   Sanz, Juan Carlos ^e   Iriso, Andrés ^e   Pérez Gómez, Beatriz ^a,b   Gil, Elisa ^e   Pérez Meixeira, Ana María ^e   De Paz, Concha ^e   Cisneros, Margot ^e   De Santos, Amparo ^e   Asensio, Ángel ^e   Astray, Jenaro ^e   Martínez, Mercedes ^e   García, José Frutos ^e   López Abente, Gonzalo ^a,b   García Sagredo, José Miguel ^d   Aragonés, Nuria ^a,b  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^e Madrid Regional Authority   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Environmental pollutants; Heavy metals; Micronucleus; Pregnant women; Umbilical cord blood

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PARENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; BLOOD; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADMIUM; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; MALE; MERCURY; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 77951634770     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.20541     Document Type: Article

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