Mercury, lead, and cadmium in umbilical cord blood

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 38-43

  King, Ewa ^a   Shih, Grace ^b   Ratnapradipa, Dhitinut ^c   Quilliam, Daniela N ^a   Morton, John ^b   Magee, Susanna R ^d  

^a RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOMETRY; HEAVY METAL; PREGNANCY;

RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS BLOOD; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NEWBORN; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MERCURY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RHODE ISLAND;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874429687     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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