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Ambient black carbon particles reach the fetal side of human placenta

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Submitted by susan on Thu, 2019-09-19 11:11

Particle transfer across the placenta has been suggested but to date, no direct evidence in real-life, human context exists. Here we report the presence of black carbon (BC) particles as part of combustion-derived particulate matter in human placentae using white-light generation under femtosecond pulsed illumination.

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Main Topic: 
Health
Name of the Journal: 
Nature Communications
Author: 
Hannelore Bové
Eva Bongaerts
Eli Slenders et al
thesaurus: 
Black Carbon
Health Effects
Air Pollution
Maternal Health
Mark Content Private(Internal): 
Email Alert: 
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Publication Date: 
17/09/2019