Cord blood levels of toxic and essential trace elements and their determinants in the Terai region of Nepal: A birth cohort study

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 147, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 75-83

  Parajuli, Rajendra Prasad ^a,b   Fujiwara, Takeo ^a   Umezaki, Masahiro ^b   Furusawa, Hana ^b   Ser, Ping Han ^b   Watanabe, Chiho ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cord blood; Fetus exposure; Maternal source; Nepal; Terai; Toxic elements; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATERNAL AGE; NEPAL; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COHORT STUDIES; COPPER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; LEAD; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELENIUM; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; TRACE ELEMENTS; YOUNG ADULT; ZINC;

EID: 84861646750     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-011-9309-1     Document Type: Article

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