Elevated Manganese Concentrations in Drinking Water May Be Beneficial for Fetal Survival

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Rahman, Syed Moshfiqur ^a,b   Åkesson, Agneta ^a   Kippler, Maria ^a   Grandér, Margaretha ^a   De Hamadani, Jenarakhshani ^b   Streatfield, Peter Kim ^b   Persson, Lars Åke ^c   Arifeen, Shams El ^b   Vahter, Marie ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; MANGANESE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SURVIVAL; WATER ANALYSIS;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; BANGLADESH; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANGANESE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84884193332     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074119     Document Type: Article

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