Speciation of methyl- and ethyl-mercury in hair of breastfed infants acutely exposed to thimerosal-containing vaccines

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 412, Issue 17-18, 2011, Pages 1563-1566

  Dórea, José G ^a,b   Bezerra, Vera Lucia V A ^a   Fajon, Vesna ^a   Horvat, Milena ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Ethylmercury; Hair; Mercury; Methylmercury; Thimerosal

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; ETHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; METHYLMERCURY; THIOMERSAL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD; COLD VAPOR ATONOMIC SPECTROMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOTHERMAL GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TOXICOKINETICS;

EID: 79959301942     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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