Assessment of cadmium exposure for neonates in Guiyu, an electronic waste pollution site of China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 177, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 343-351

  Li, Yan ^a   Huo, Xia ^a   Liu, Junxiao ^a   Peng, Lin ^a   Li, Weiqiu ^a   Xu, Xijin ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Cord blood; Electronic waste; Metallothionein; Placenta

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM EXPOSURE; CORD BLOOD; E-WASTE; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ELECTRONIC WASTE (E WASTE); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE CONDITIONS; EXPOSURE LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALLOTHIONEINS; PLACENTA; SAFETY LIMITS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD; CADMIUM; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; POLLUTION; RECYCLING;

WASTES;

CADMIUM; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH IMPACT; METALLOTHIONEIN; NEONATE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOSAFETY; BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLACENTA; POLLUTION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECYCLING; REFERENCE VALUE; TISSUE LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CADMIUM; CHINA; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; METALLOTHIONEIN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUIYU;

EID: 79959735520     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1638-6     Document Type: Article

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