Cadmium Exposure in Pregnancy and Lactation in Relation to Iron Status
Agneta Åkesson, PhD, MPH,
Marika Berglund, PhD,
Andrejs Schütz, PhD,
Per Bjellerup, MD, PhD,
Katarina Bremme, Md, PhD and
Marie Vahter, PhD
Agneta Åkesson, Marika Berglund, and Marie Vahter are with the Institute of Environmental Medicine, Division of Metals and Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Andrejs Schütz was with the Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden. Per Bjellerup is with the Department of Clinical Chemistry, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. Katarina Bremme is with the Department of Woman and Child Health, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
FIGURE 1—Urinary cadmium concentrations(adjusted to a density of 1.018 g/mL) in nonsmokers at gestational week 12 in relation to maternal age, stratified by parity: Stockholm, Sweden, 1997.