Interdependence between urinary cobalt concentrations and hemoglobin levels in pregnant women

Environmental Research

Volumn 136, Issue , 2015, Pages 148-154

  Fort, Marta ^a   Grimalt, Joan O ^a   Casas, Maribel ^b   Sunyer, Jordi ^b  

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

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

Author keywords

Anemia; Changes in iron and cobalt during pregnancy; Cobalt; Hemoglobin; Pregnant women; Urine analyzes

Indexed keywords

COBALT; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

COBALT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXCRETION; HEMOGLOBIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; TRACE ELEMENT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; IRON DEPLETION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANT WOMAN; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL; HEMOGLOBINURIA; PREGNANCY; URINE;

COBALT; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84911446991     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.10.013     Document Type: Article

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