The extent of mercury (Hg) exposure among Saudi mothers and their respective infants

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Al Saleh, Iman ^a   Abduljabbar, Mai ^a   Al Rouqi, Reem ^a   Eltabache, Chafica ^a   Al Rajudi, Tahreer ^a   Elkhatib, Rola ^a   Nester, Michael ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Blood; Breast milk; Hair; Infants; Mercury; Mothers; Saudi Arabia; Urine

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BODY FLUIDS; DENTAL AMALGAMS; DENTAL PROSTHESES; DISEASE CONTROL; GERIATRICS; MERCURY (METAL);

BREAST MILK; HAIR; INFANTS; MOTHERS; SAUDI ARABIA; URINE;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

AMALGAM; MERCURY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BLOOD; BREASTFEEDING; HAIR; INFANT FEEDING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; URINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD CARE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR LEVEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIAL STATUS; TOOTH FILLING; URINE LEVEL; VALIDATION STUDY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; GOVERNMENT; HAIR; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METABOLISM; MOTHER; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

RIYADH [SAUDI ARABIA]; SAUDI ARABIA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; BREAST FEEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISHES; HAIR; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MERCURY; MILK, HUMAN; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; SAUDI ARABIA; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 84943629091     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4858-y     Document Type: Article

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