The role of essential metals in the placental transfer of lead from mother to child

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 443-446

  Lin, Chien Mu ^a   Doyle, Pat ^a   Wang, Duolao ^a   Hwang, Yaw Huei ^b   Chen, Pau Chung ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Lead; Manganese; Placental transfer; Selenium; Zinc

Indexed keywords

LEAD; MANGANESE; SELENIUM; ZINC; MAGNESIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; TAIWAN; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS BLOOD; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SELENIUM; TAIWAN; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 77953537200     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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