Prenatal low-level mercury exposure and neonatal anthropometry in rural northern China

Chemosphere

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1085-1089

  Ding, Guodong ^a   Cui, Chang ^a   Chen, Limei ^a   Gao, Yu ^a   Zhou, Yijun ^a   Shi, Rong ^a   Tian, Ying ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Low level; Mercury; Neonatal anthropometry; Northern China; Prenatal exposure

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; HEAVY METALS; MERCURY (METAL); RURAL AREAS;

ADVERSE OUTCOMES; ANTHROPOMETRICS; CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCES; LOW-LEVEL; MERCURY EXPOSURE; NORTHERN CHINA; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

BLOOD;

MERCURY;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMBRYO; HEALTH IMPACT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RURAL AREA; WEIGHT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; CHILDBIRTH; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SEASHORE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

CHINA;

EID: 84880272484     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.01.045     Document Type: Article

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