Toxic and essential elements in blood from delivering women in selected areas of São Paulo State, Brazil

• Published in: J. Environ. Monit.
• Main Authors: Rudge, Cibele V. C., Calderon, Iracema M. P., Rudge, Marilza V. C., Volpato, Gustavo, Silva, Joao L. P., Duarte, Geraldo, Neto, Corintio M., Sass, Nelson UNIFESP, Mattar, Rosiane UNIFESP, Roellin, Halina B., Thomassen, Yngvar, Odland, Jon O.
• Other Authors: Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Univ Tromso, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Hosp & Matern Leonor Mendes de Barros, Matern Vila Nova Cachoeirinha, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), S African MRC, Univ Pretoria, Natl Inst Occupat Hlth
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Royal Soc Chemistry 2011
• Subjects: Arctic; Norway; Tromso; AMAP; University of Tromso
• Online Access: http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/33539; https://doi.org/10.1039/c0em00570c

This study was designed to evaluate the degree of environmental contamination and possible exposure of pregnant women to toxic elements in seven selected areas of São Paulo State, Brazil. the overall median concentration of Mo in maternal blood was 0.53 mu g L(-1), highly significant differences fou...