Biomarkers of low-level mercury exposure through fish consumption in pregnant and lactating Slovenian women

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1201-1207

  Miklavcic A ^a   Cuderman, P ^a,c   Mazej, D ^a   Snoj Tratnik, J ^a   Krsnik, M ^b   Planinsek P ^a   Osredkar, J ^b   Horvat, M ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c LekPharmaceuticalsdd ^*  (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Cord blood; Fish consumption; Hair; Mercury exposure

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMARKER; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LACTATION; LINEARITY; METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOVENIA; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISHES; HAIR; HUMANS; LACTATION; MERCURY; MILK, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; SLOVENIA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

SLOVENIA;

EID: 80755142763     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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