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Identification of toxic metals in human embryonic tissues.
Article in Archives of medical science : AMS, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Distribution of Toxic and Essential Elements in Autopsy Organs of Subjects Living in South-Eastern Poland.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- A Narrative Review of Metallomic Studies: Revealing the Toxic Metal Burden in Tobacco Smokers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Maternal and Newborn Blood Aluminum Levels and Neurodevelopment of Infants: Is there a Need for Concern?Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB · 2023Article
- Prenatal blood levels of some toxic metals and the risk of spontaneous abortion.Journal of environmental health science & engineering · 2021Article
- In Utero Exposure to Aluminium and Other Neurotoxic Elements in Urban Coastal South African Women at Delivery: An Emerging Concern.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Increased Aluminum Content in Certain Brain Structures is Correlated with Higher Silicon Concentration in Alcoholic Use Disorder.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- Prenatal Exposure to Aluminum and Status of Selected Essential Trace Elements in Rural South African Women at Delivery.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Rare-earth elements in human colostrum milk.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2017Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
introductionThe cause of a significant number of miscarriages remains unexplained. There is a need to identify the potential role of environmental, dietary and lifestyle factors in the risk of pregnancy loss. The present study was the first to investigate the content of miscarried embryonic material with respect to eight metals (aluminium, cadmium, chromium, copper, manganese, nickel, lead and zinc). MATERIAL AND
methodsEmbryonic tissue samples (
resultsThe general mean content of metals (μg/g) decreased in the order copper (33.9) > manganese (24.7) > chromium (13.6) > zinc (13.3) > aluminium (6.5) > nickel (3.0) > lead (2.9) > cadmium (2.5). Profoundly increased concentrations (p < 0.05) of the toxic elements aluminium (over 5-fold), cadmium (over 2-fold) and lead (over 2-fold) were observed in samples obtained from former smoking women. The miscarried material in urban populations also revealed higher levels of cadmium (over 1.5-fold) and lead (over 2-fold) compared to that obtained from women living in rural areas (
conclusionsThis study identified increased levels of aluminum, cadmium and lead in miscarried embryonic material and suggests some causative factors.
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