Maternal serum cadmium level during pregnancy and its association with small for gestational age infants: A population-based birth cohort study

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Wang, Hua ^a,b   Liu, Lu ^a   Hu, Yong Fang ^a   Hao, Jia Hu ^a,b   Chen, Yuan Hua ^a,b   Su, Pu Yu ^a,b   Fu, Lin ^a   Yu, Zhen ^a   Zhang, Gui Bin ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Tao, Fang Biao ^a,b   Xu, De Xiang ^a,b  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ANHUI PROVINCIAL KEY LABORATORY OF POPULATION HEALTH AND ARISTOGENICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

ADULT; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

ADULT; CADMIUM; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84960171704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep22631     Document Type: Article

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