Cadmium levels in a North Carolina cohort: Identifying risk factors for elevated levels during pregnancy

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 427-432

  Edwards, Sharon E ^a   Maxson, Pamela ^a   Miranda, Marie Lynn ^a   Fry, Rebecca C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

cadmium; pregnancy; risk

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931568401     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2014.53     Document Type: Article

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