Mercury (Hg) exposure in breast-fed infants and their mothers and the evidence of oxidative stress

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 153, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 145-154

  Al Saleh, Iman ^a   Abduljabbar, Mai ^a   Al Rouqi, Reem ^a   Elkhatib, Rola ^a   Alshabbaheen, Ammar ^a   Shinwari, Neptune ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Blood; Breast milk; Lactating women; Mercury (Hg); Oxidative stress; Urine

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; MALONALDEHYDE; MERCURY; 8-OXO-7-HYDRODEOXYGUANOSINE; DEOXYGUANOSINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTATION; MERCURY BLOOD LEVEL; MERCURY URINE LEVEL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POPULATION EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUE; SAUDI ARABIA; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; TOXICITY;

DEOXYGUANOSINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MERCURY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84878406690     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-013-9687-7     Document Type: Article

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