Mercury concentrations in human placenta, umbilical cord, cord blood and amniotic fluid and their relations with body parameters of newborns

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 182, Issue , 2013, Pages 256-262

  Kozikowska, Iwona ^a   Binkowski, Łukasz J ^a   Szczepańska, Katarzyna ^c   Sławska, Helena ^b   Miszczuk, Katarzyna ^c   Śliwińska, Magdalena ^d   Łaciak, Tomasz ^a   Stawarz, Robert ^a  

^a PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^c Neonatal Intensive Care Unit   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Cord blood; Mercury; Placenta; Pollution; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

AMNIOTIC FLUID; CORD BLOOD; HG CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; PLACENTA; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; UMBILICAL CORDS;

MERCURY (METAL); POLLUTION;

BLOOD;

MERCURY;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AMNION FLUID LEVEL; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA; POLAND; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TISSUE LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UPREGULATION;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; CORD BLOOD; MERCURY; PLACENTA; POLLUTION; UMBILICAL CORD;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BIRTH WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MERCURY; PLACENTA; POLAND; PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

POLAND;

EID: 84881507561     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.07.030     Document Type: Article

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