The Relation of Maternal Blood Arsenic to Anemia During Pregnancy

Women and Health

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 42-57

  Vigeh, Mohsen ^a,b   Yokoyama, Kazuhito ^b   Matsukawa, Takehisa ^b   Shinohara, Atsuko ^c   Ohtani, Katsumi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Seisen University   (Japan)

Author keywords

anemia; arsenic; blood; hemoglobin; pregnancy; women

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IRAN; LEUKOCYTE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; STATISTICAL MODEL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARSENIC; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; IRAN; LEUKOCYTES; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 84923560526     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2014.972016     Document Type: Article

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