Teeth as a biomarker of past chemical exposure

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 261-267

  Arora, Manish ^a,b,c   Austin, Christine ^a,b,d  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Chemicals; Dentine; Enamel; Teeth

Indexed keywords

COTININE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; METAL; NICOTINE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM 90; TOBACCO SMOKE;

CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILDHOOD; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTIN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL SMOKING; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH ROOT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; METALS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 84875382226     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: 1531698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32835e9084     Document Type: Review

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