The relationship between blood and serum lead levels in peripartum women and their respective umbilical cords

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 971-975

  Amaral, Jefferson H ^a   Rezende, Vania B ^b   Quintana, Silvana M ^a   Gerlach, Raquel F ^a   Barbosa, Fernando ^c   Tanus Santos, Jose E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirao Preto   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MASS SPECTROMETER; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETUS; HUMANS; LEAD; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PERIPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; SERUM; UMBILICAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956094546     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: 17427843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2010.00616.x     Document Type: Article

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