Transplacental transfer of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in paired samples of maternal serum, umbilical cord serum, and placenta in Shanghai, China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 222, Issue , 2017, Pages 267-275

  Zhang, Xiaolan ^a   Li, Xiaojing ^a   Jing, Ye ^a   Fang, Xiangming ^b   Zhang, Xinyu ^a   Lei, Bingli ^a   Yu, Yingxin ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Luwan Maternity and Infant Health Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Maternal serum; Placenta; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Transplacental transfer; Umbilical cord serum

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; AROMATIZATION; BODY FLUIDS; HYDROCARBONS; METALLURGY;

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MATERNAL SERUM; OCTANOL-WATER PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PLACENTA; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); TRANSPLACENTAL TRANSFERS; UMBILICAL CORDS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; LIPID; MATERNAL HEALTH; PAH; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORD SERUM; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; FISH MEAT; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPOPHILICITY; MALE; MATERNAL SERUM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS BLOOD; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PLACENTA; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

ADULT; CHINA; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTA; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 85008235083     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.12.046     Document Type: Article

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