Transplacental transfer of environmental genotoxins--polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-albumin in nonsmoking women.

doi:10.1289/ehp.96104s3625

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Transplacental transfer of environmental genotoxins--polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-albumin in nonsmoking women.

Environmental health perspectives - 1 May 1996

Autrup H, Vestergaard A B

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Transplacental transfer of genotoxic material has been determined by measuring the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-albumin adduct level in serum isolated from the mother and the umbilical cord blood using a competitive enzyme-linked immunoadsorbent assay (ELISA) and the antibody (8E11( against be...

Topics

Adult
Carcinogens
Cohort Studies
Environmental Exposure
Female
Fetal Blood
Genotype
Glutathione Transferase
Humans
Maternal-Fetal Exchange
Mutagens
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Pregnancy
Serum Albumin
Smoking

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