TY - JOUR
T1 - Maternal exposure to metals-Concentrations and predictors of exposure
AU - Callan, A.C.
AU - Hinwood, A.L.
AU - Ramalingam, M.
AU - Boyce, M.C.
AU - Heyworth, Jane
AU - Mccafferty, P.
AU - Odland, J.O.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - A variety of metals are important for biological function but have also been shown to impact health at elevated concentrations, whereas others have no known biological function. Pregnant women are a vulnerable population and measures to reduce exposure in this group are important. We undertook a study of maternal exposure to the metals, aluminium, arsenic, copper, cobalt, chromium, lithium, manganese, nickel, selenium, tin, uranium and zinc in 173 participants across Western Australia. Each participant provided a whole blood and urine sample, as well as drinking water, residential soil and dust samples and completed a questionnaire. In general the concentrations of metals in all samples were low with the notable exception of uranium (blood U mean 0.07 μg/L, range
AB - A variety of metals are important for biological function but have also been shown to impact health at elevated concentrations, whereas others have no known biological function. Pregnant women are a vulnerable population and measures to reduce exposure in this group are important. We undertook a study of maternal exposure to the metals, aluminium, arsenic, copper, cobalt, chromium, lithium, manganese, nickel, selenium, tin, uranium and zinc in 173 participants across Western Australia. Each participant provided a whole blood and urine sample, as well as drinking water, residential soil and dust samples and completed a questionnaire. In general the concentrations of metals in all samples were low with the notable exception of uranium (blood U mean 0.07 μg/L, range
U2 - 10.1016/j.envres.2013.07.004
DO - 10.1016/j.envres.2013.07.004
M3 - Article
C2 - 23896418
SN - 0013-9351
VL - 126
SP - 111
EP - 117
JO - Environmental Research
JF - Environmental Research
ER -
