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Association between arsenic, cadmium, manganese, and lead levels in private wells and birth defects prevalence in North Carolina: a semi-ecologic study

BACKGROUND: Toxic metals including arsenic, cadmium, manganese, and lead are known human developmental toxicants that are able to cross the placental barrier from mother to fetus. In this population-based study, we assess the association between metal concentrations in private well water and birth d...

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Autores principales: Sanders, Alison P, Desrosiers, Tania A, Warren, Joshua L, Herring, Amy H, Enright, Dianne, Olshan, Andrew F, Meyer, Robert E, Fry, Rebecca C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4190372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25224535
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-955