A urine
sample taken during pregnancy allowed measurement of biomarkers for exposure to phenols in the CDC Atlanta Environmental Health Laboratory for US biosurveillance programmes.
Not exact matches
Researchers
took blood serum
samples during and after
pregnancy from 139 women and observed that BDNF levels dropped considerably from the first through the third trimesters, and subsequently increased at postpartum.
This link was only evident in blood
samples taken at a time point reflecting exposure
during early
pregnancy when the fetal nervous system undergoes rapid development, not at birth.
The researchers figured out the level of daughters» exposure to DDT in utero by analyzing stored blood
samples that were
taken from the mothers
during pregnancy or shortly after they delivered their babies, explains The Washington Post.
Urine
samples were
taken during the last trimester of
pregnancy to measure phthalate content, and the children were followed up with interviews and testing at ages 3, 5, and 7.