Does prenatal cadmium exposure affect fetal and child growth?

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 641-646

  Lin, Chien Mu ^a   Doyle, Pat ^a   Wang, Duolao ^a   Hwang, Yaw Huei ^b   Chen, Pau Chung ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEWBORN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; BODY SIZE; CADMIUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; TAIWAN;

EID: 80051801866     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.059758     Document Type: Article

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