Maternal exposure to low-level heavy metals during pregnancy and birth size

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1468-1474

  Shirai, Sayaka ^a   Suzuki, Yayoi ^a   Yoshinaga, Jun ^a   Mizumoto, Yoshifumi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Self Defense Forces Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

birth size; cadmium; metal exposure; Pregnant woman; tin; urine

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VALUES; BIRTH SIZE; BIRTHWEIGHT; BODY BURDEN; COVARIATES; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; GENERAL POPULATION; GEOMETRIC MEAN; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCES; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; LOW-LEVEL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PARTIAL REGRESSION COEFFICIENTS; PREGNANT WOMAN; STEPWISE MULTIPLE REGRESSION; URINARY METALS; URINE; URINE ANALYSIS; URINE SAMPLE;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BERYLLIUM; BODY FLUIDS; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LEAD; METALS; OBSTETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELENIUM; TIN; ZINC;

POLLUTION;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; COPPER; CREATININE; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MOLYBDENUM; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; URINALYSIS;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BERYLLIUM; BIRTH WEIGHT; CADMIUM; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; LEAD; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METALS, HEAVY; MOLYBDENUM; PREGNANCY; SELENIUM; TIN; ZINC;

EID: 78649728418     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2010.500942     Document Type: Article

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