Body burden of Hg in different bio-samples of mothers in Shenyang City, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Li, Min Ming ^a   Wu, Mei Qin ^a   Xu, Jian ^a   Du, Juan ^b   Yan, Chong Huai ^a  

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

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; BREAST MILK; CHINA; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; URINE LEVEL; VENOUS BLOOD; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS BLOOD; HOUSING; POLLUTANT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BODY BURDEN; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HOUSING; HUMANS; MERCURY; MILK, HUMAN; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901478027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098121     Document Type: Article

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