Heavy metals (lead, cadmium and mercury) in maternal, cord blood and placenta of healthy women

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 79-101

  Al Saleh, Iman ^a   Shinwari, Neptune ^a   Mashhour, Abdullah ^a   Mohamed, Gamal El Din ^b   Rabah, Abdullah ^b  

^a Biological and Medical Research Department   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Heavy metals; Lead; Maternal blood; Mercury; Placenta; Pregnancy; Saudi Arabia; Umbilical cord blood

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLACENTA; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CADMIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; LEAD; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953045722     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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