Evidence of exposure to chemicals and heavy metals during pregnancy in Japanese women.

Norihiro SuginoRie ItoYusuke IwasakiKoichi SaitoKazuhiko AkutsuSatoshi TakatoriRie IshiiFumio KondoYoshikazu AraiJun OhganeKunio ShiotaTsunehisa MakinoNorihiro Sugino

Published in: Reproductive medicine and biology (2017)

The present study showed that pregnant women in Japan and their fetuses are exposed to a variety of chemicals and heavy metals.

Keyphrases

heavy metals
pregnant women
risk assessment
health risk assessment
health risk
pregnancy outcomes
sewage sludge
polycystic ovary syndrome
skeletal muscle
insulin resistance