Relationships between trace element concentrations in chorionic tissue of placenta and umbilical cord tissue: Potential use as indicators for prenatal exposure

Environment International

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 106-111

  Sakamoto, Mineshi ^a   Yasutake, Akira ^a   Domingo, José L ^b   Chan, Hing Man ^c   Kubota, Machi ^d   Murata, Katsuyuki ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d Chikushi Clinic   (Japan)

^e AKITA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Lead; Mercury; Placenta; Selenium; Umbilical cord tissue

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); SELENIUM; ZINC;

CU CONCENTRATIONS; GENERAL POPULATION; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; UMBILICAL CORDS;

TISSUE;

CADMIUM; COPPER; INORGANIC MERCURY; LEAD; MERCURY DERIVATIVE; METHYLMERCURY; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

BLOOD; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; LEAD; METHYLMERCURY; PREGNANCY; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; CHORION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPANESE; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

JAPAN;

CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; PLACENTA; SELENIUM; UMBILICAL CORD TISSUE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADMIUM; CHILD; COPPER; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; UMBILICAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT; ZINC;

EID: 84883688861     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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