Transport of persistent organic pollutants across the human placenta

Environment International

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 107-115

  Vizcaino, Esther ^a,b,c   Grimalt, Joan O ^c   Fernández Somoano, Ana ^a,d   Tardon, Adonina ^a,d  

^a Universitary Institute of Oncology of the Principality of Asturias (IUOPA)   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Maternal serum; Persistent organic pollutants; Placenta; Prenatal exposure; Transplacental transfer; Umbilical cord serum

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; HEALTH RISKS; HISTOLOGY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE;

MATERNAL SERUM; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PLACENTA; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; TRANSPLACENTAL TRANSFERS; UMBILICAL CORDS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

BDE 209; BDE 99; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; LIPID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYBROMODIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MATERNAL HEALTH; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SERUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID COMPOSITION; MATERNAL BLOOD; METABOLIC RATE; NEWBORN; PASSIVE TRANSPORT; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POLLUTANT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SPANISH; TISSUE LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

MATERNAL SERUM; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PLACENTA; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; TRANSPLACENTAL TRANSFER; UMBILICAL CORD SERUM;

ADULT; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETUS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIPIDS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PLACENTA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; SPAIN;

EID: 84892960757     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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