Evaluation of Fetal Exposures to Metals and Metalloids through Meconium Analyses: A Review

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 18; no. 4; p. 1975
• Main Authors: Michelsen-Correa, Stephani, Martin, Clyde F., Kirk, Andrea B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 18.02.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Babies; Bibliographic literature; Birth defects; Cadmium; Cobalt; Copper; Diabetes; Feces; Heavy metals; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Lead content; Meconium; Metalloids - toxicity; Mines; Pesticides; Review; Scientific imaging; Zinc; biological monitoring; meconium; fetal exposure; heavy metals; fetus

This paper surveys the existing scientific literature on metals concentrations in meconium. We examine some 32 papers that analyzed meconium for aluminum, arsenic, barium, calcium, chromium, copper, iron, lithium, magnesium, manganese, zinc, lead, mercury, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, phosphorus,...