Monitoring of lead, cadmium, chromium and nickel in placenta from an e-waste recycling town in China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 3113-3117

  Guo, Yongyong ^a   Huo, Xia ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Wu, Kusheng ^a   Liu, Junxiao ^a   Huang, Jingrong ^a   Zheng, Guina ^a   Xiao, Qiongna ^a   Yang, Hui ^a   Wang, Yuanping ^a   Chen, Aimin ^b   Xu, Xijin ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Chromium; E waste; Lead; Nickel; Placenta

Indexed keywords

CONTROL AREA; E-WASTE; ELECTRONIC WASTE (E WASTE); ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAPHITE FURNACE ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; HIGH EXPOSURES; HUMAN PLACENTA; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; RISK FACTORS; SPEARMAN CORRELATION; TOXIC HEAVY METALS; WET WEIGHT;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHROMIUM; CORRELATION METHODS; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; LEAD; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; POLLUTION; RECYCLING;

CADMIUM;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; LEAD; NICKEL;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH IMPACT; LEAD; NICKEL; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TREATMENT;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POLLUTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; RISK FACTOR; WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CADMIUM; CHINA; CHROMIUM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; NICKEL; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUIYU;

EID: 77953720399     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.04.018     Document Type: Article

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