Placental concentrations of heavy metals in a mother-child cohort

Environmental Research

Volumn 120, Issue , 2013, Pages 63-70

  Amaya, E ^a   Gil, F ^b   Freire, C ^a,d   Olmedo, P ^b   Fernandez Rodriguez M ^a   Fernandez M F ^a,c   Olea, N ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Heavy metals; Mother child cohort; Placenta

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY;

BIOMONITORING; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEAVY METAL; LIFESTYLE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; TRANSLOCATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRY WEIGHT; EUROPE; FEMALE; FETOTOXICITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PLACENTA; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPAIN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METALS, HEAVY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

SPAIN;

EID: 84871699129     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.09.009     Document Type: Article

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