A pilot study of seafood consumption and exposure to mercury, lead, cadmium and arsenic among infertile couples undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF)

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-34

  Kim, Dongsul ^a   Bloom, Michael S ^a   Parsons, Patrick J ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Edward F ^a   Bell, Erin M ^a   Steuerwald, Amy J ^a,b   Fujimoto, Victor Y ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic (As); Cadmium (Cd); In vitro fertilization (IVF); Lead (Pb); Mercury (Hg); Seafood

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLLUSC; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEA FOOD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHELLFISH; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SEAFOOD; SHELLFISH;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84875795511     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: 18727077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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