
Heavy metal ion concentration in the amniotic fluid of preterm and term pregnancies from two cities with different industrial output
- Authors:
- Radu Ionut Neamtu
- Marius Craina
- George Dahma
- Alin Viorel Popescu
- Adelina Geanina Erimescu
- Ioana Citu
- Amadeus Dobrescu
- Florin George Horhat
- Dan Dumitru Vulcanescu
- Florin Gorun
- Elena Silvia Bernad
- Andrei Motoc
- Ioan Cosmin Citu
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Affiliations: Department of Obstetrics‑Gynecology and Neonatology, ‘Victor Babes’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania, Department of Internal Medicine I, ‘Victor Babes’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania, Department of Surgery, ‘Victor Babes’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania, Multidisciplinary Research Center on Antimicrobial Resistance (Multi‑Rez), Microbiology Department, ‘Victor Babes’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania - Published online on: December 3, 2021 https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2021.11034
- Article Number: 111
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Copyright: © Neamtu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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