Assessment of exposure to trace metals in a cohort of pregnant women from an urban center by urine analysis in the first and third trimesters of pregnancy

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 9234-9241

  Fort, Marta ^a   Cosín Tomás, Marta ^a   Grimalt, Joan O ^a   Querol, Xavier ^a   Casas, Maribel ^b,c,d   Sunyer, Jordi ^b,c,d,e  

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

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^c INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Metals; Pregnancy; Q ICP MS analysis; Urine concentration

Indexed keywords

METAL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; SPAIN; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; URINE; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METALS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; SPAIN; TRACE ELEMENTS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905679318     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-2827-6     Document Type: Article

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