Plasma and urinary aluminum concentrations in severely anemic geophagous pregnant women in the Bas Maroni Region of French Guiana: A case-control study

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1100-1105

  Lambert, Veronique ^a   Boukhari, Rachida ^a   Nacher, Mathieu ^b   Goullé, Jean Pierre ^c   Roudier, Estelle ^a   Elguindi, Wael ^a   Laquerrière, Annie ^d   Carles, Gabriel ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalier de l'Ouest Guyanais   (French Guiana)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CAYENNE   (French Guiana)

^c LE HAVRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DRINKING WATER; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; ALUMINUM SILICATE;

ADULT; ALUMINUM BLOOD LEVEL; ALUMINUM OVERLOAD; ALUMINUM URINE LEVEL; AMENORRHEA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FRENCH GUIANA; GEOPHAGIA; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; PREGNANT WOMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINE LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WATER SUPPLY; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLAY; PICA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; URINE;

ADULT; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM SILICATES; ANEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; HUMANS; PICA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952055170     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0370     Document Type: Article

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