Associations between blood metals and fecundity among women residing in New York State

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 158-163

  Bloom, Michael S ^a   Buck Louis, Germaine M ^b   Sundaram, Rajeshwari ^b   Kostyniak, Paul J ^c   Jain, Jinesh ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic (As); Cadmium (Cd); Fecundity; Lead (Pb); Magnesium (Mg); Nickel (Ni); Selenium (Se); Zinc (Zn)

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; NICKEL; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; METALS; NEW YORK; NICKEL; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELENIUM; TIME FACTORS; ZINC;

EID: 79952102343     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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