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Manganese concentrations in maternal and umbilical cord blood: related to birth size and environmental factors
Author(s) -
Huai Guan,
Man Wang,
Xiaowei Li,
Fengyuan Piao,
Qiujuan Li,
Lei Xu,
Fumihiko Kitamura,
Kazuhito Yokoyama
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
european journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1464-360X
pISSN - 1101-1262
DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/ckt033
Subject(s) - umbilical cord , fetus , pregnancy , medicine , physiology , manganese , obstetrics , chemistry , biology , immunology , genetics , organic chemistry
Manganese (Mn) is an essential element and a potential toxicant for developing organism. Deficiency and excess of it were both deleterious to fetal growth in experimental animals. However, literature on relationship between Mn status and birth outcome in humans is sparse.

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