Background exposure to toxic metals in women adversely influences pregnancy during in vitro fertilization (IVF)

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 471-481

  Bloom, Michael S ^a   Fujimoto, Victor Y ^b   Steuerwald, Amy J ^a,c   Cheng, Gloria ^b   Browne, Richard W ^d   Parsons, Patrick J ^a,c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemical pregnancy; Cadmium (Cd); Clinical pregnancy; Environmental exposures; Fecundity; In vitro fertilization (IVF); Lead (Pb); Mercury (Hg)

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CREATININE; LEAD; MERCURY;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL PREGNANCY; CADMIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CADMIUM URINE LEVEL; CLINICAL PREGNANCY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MERCURY BLOOD LEVEL; PREGNANCY; RACE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SMOKING; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84865536504     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: 18731708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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