Mercury concentration in cord blood.
The mean mercury concentration measured in cord blood from 51 inner city babies born at Guy's Hospital was significantly higher (37 nmol/l v 20 nmol/l) than that from 17 babies born at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, which serves a more rural population.
Spencer
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Department of Paediatrics, Guy's Hospital.
House
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Tripp
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JH
Stimmler
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D004739:England; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008628:Mercury / Q000097:blood*; D012424:Rural Population; D014505:Urban Population
D008628:Mercury