The role of the placenta in fetal exposure to heavy metals

Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 162, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 201-206

  Gundacker, Claudia ^a   Hengstschläger, Markus ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Lead; Mercury; Prenatal exposure; Toxicodynamics; Toxicokinetics

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CATALASE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; DENTAL ALLOY; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLYCOPROTEIN P; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; METHYLMERCURY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 2;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; BODY SIZE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DETOXIFICATION; DIET; EFFUSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INHALATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL GROWTH; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CADMIUM; CADMIUM POISONING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; METALS, HEAVY; PLACENTA; POISONING; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84863688786     PISSN: 00435341     EISSN: 1563258X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10354-012-0074-3     Document Type: Article

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