Towards prenatal biomonitoring in North Carolina: assessing arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and lead levels in pregnant women.

Towards prenatal biomonitoring in North Carolina: assessing arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and lead levels in pregnant women.

Exposure to toxic metals during the prenatal period carries the potential for adverse developmental effects to the fetus, yet such exposure remains largely unmonitored in the United States. The aim of this study was to assess maternal exposure to four toxic metals (arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), mercur...

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Main Authors: Alison P Sanders, Kaye Flood, Shu Chiang, Amy H Herring, Leslie Wolf, Rebecca C Fry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22427803/pdf/?tool=EBI

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22427803/pdf/?tool=EBI

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