Partitioning Behavior of Heavy Metals and Persistent Organic Pollutants among Feto-Maternal Bloods and Tissues

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 7411-7422

  Kim, Jun Tae ^a   Son, Min Hui ^a   Lee, Duk Hee ^b   Seong, Won Joon ^b   Han, Seunghee ^c   Chang, Yoon Seok ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; BLOOD; BODY FLUIDS; CADMIUM; HEAVY METALS; IMPURITIES; LEAD; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEINS;

BINDING AFFINITIES; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; MATERNAL BLOODS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PROTEIN CONJUGATES; TRACE CONTAMINANTS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

FETOPROTEIN; HEAVY METAL; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; MERCURY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HALOGEN; HEAVY METAL; NEONATE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PARTITIONING; PBDE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PREGNANCY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; SERUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORD SERUM; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; HALOGENATION; HUMAN; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL SERUM; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SOUTH KOREA;

SOUTH KOREA;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLACENTA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84934901667     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5051309     Document Type: Article

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