Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in maternal and umbilical cord blood from pregnant Hispanic women living in Brownsville, Texas

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3365-3379

  Sexton, Ken ^a   Salinas, Jennifer J ^a   McDonald, Thomas J ^b   Gowen, Rose M Z ^a   Miller, Rebecca P ^c   McCormick, Joseph B ^a   Fisher Hoch, Susan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Texas Commission on Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Fetal exposure; Maternal exposure; PAHs; Prenatal exposure

Indexed keywords

ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; BENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BIPHENYL; CHRYSENE; CHRYSENE DERIVATIVE; DIBENZOFURAN; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PERYLENE; PHENANTHRENE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MATERNAL BLOOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UNITED STATES; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 80052158010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph8083365     Document Type: Article

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