Open AccessEffects of the cigarette smoking on the newborn clinikal parametrs and the accumulation of cadmium and lead in the placenta of women from Upper Silesia
Author(s) -
Katarzyna Suprewicz,
Iwona Kozikowska,
Magdalena Chrobaczyńska-Dylag,
Anna Gał,
Anna Piekarz,
Jerzy Sikora,
Helena Sławska,
Robert Stawarz
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
ginekologia polska
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2543-6767
pISSN - 0017-0011
DOI - 10.17772/gp/1639
Subject(s) - placenta , cadmium , medicine , fetus , obstetrics , pregnancy , physiology , chemistry , genetics , organic chemistry , biology
The aim of the study was to determine the content of cadmium and lead in different parts of the placenta and fetal membranes of women who were exposed to cigarette smoke. The correlation between the two chemical elements and the impact of the Cd and Pb accumulation on newborn parameters were established.