Lead concentrations in maternal and umbilical cord blood in areas with high and low air pollution

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 187-189

  Vasilios, D ^a   Theodor, S ^a   Konstantinos, S ^a,b   Evangelos, P ^a   Fotini, K ^a   Dimitrios, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Lead; Pregnancy; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MATERNAL BLOOD; RURAL AREA; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LEAD; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031469476     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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