Associations between toxic and essential trace elements in maternal blood and fetal congenital heart defects

Prenatal exposure to toxic trace elements, including heavy metals, is an important public health concern. Few studies have assessed if individual and multiple trace elements simultaneously affect cardiac development. The current study evaluated the association between maternal blood lead (Pb), cadmi...

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Main Authors: Yanqiu Ou, Michael S. Bloom, Zhiqiang Nie, Fengzhen Han, Jinzhuang Mai, Jimei Chen, Shao Lin, Xiaoqing Liu, Jian Zhuang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-09-01
Series:Environment International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016041201631042X