SIGNIFICANT FETAL EXPOSURE TO HEAVY METALS AS DETECTED BY MECONIUM ANALYSIS.† 996

Dietary Exposure to Heavy Metals of Secondary School Students

Prenatal Pesticide Exposure: Meconium as a Biomarker and Impact on Fetal Weight

Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is a common complication of pregnancy, affecting nearly 5-10% of newborns and is associated with increased infant mortality as well as childhood morbidity. Although the etiology of IUGR may be a consequence of several factors (such as metabolic factors, maternal infection, under nutrition, drug abuse and placental disorders), in 40% of cases, the cause is ...

Heavy metals exposure levels and their correlation with different clinical forms of fetal growth restriction

BACKGROUND Prenatal heavy metals exposure has shown a negative impact on birth weight. However, their influence on different clinical forms of fetal smallness was never assessed. OBJECTIVES To investigate whether there is a differential association between heavy metals exposure and fetal smallness subclassification into intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and small-for-gestational age (SGA...

G.I.S. Surveillance of Chronic Non-occupational Exposure to Heavy Metals as Oncogenic Risk

Introduction The potential oncogenic effect of some heavy metals in people occupationally and non-occupationally exposed to such heavy metals is already well demonstrated. This study seeks to clarify the potential role of these heavy metals in the living environment, in this case in non-occupational multifactorial aetiology of malignancies in the inhabitants of areas with increased prevalent en...

Scalp hair analysis as a tool in assessing human exposure to heavy metals (S. Domingos mine, Portugal).

Hair samples from the scalp were used in a preliminary assessment of heavy metals exposure (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn and Zn) of the human population living near an abandoned cupric pyrite mine (Mina de S. Domingos, Southeast Alentejo, Portugal). In parallel with the collection of hair samples, individuals from two different communities at the South and North of the mine area answered a questionnaire ...