Lead's toxic legacy for human reproduction: New studies establish significant bone lead release during pregnancy and nursing

Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 295-297

  Mushak, P ^a  

^a PB Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032055211     PISSN: 00222143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2143(98)90177-9     Document Type: Editorial

References (8)

1. National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences Measuring lead exposure in infants, children, and other sensitive populations 1993 National Academy Press Washington, DC
2. P Mushak Biological monitoring of lead exposure in children: overview of selected biokinetic and toxicological issues MA Smith LD Grant AI Sors Lead exposure and child development An international assessment 1989 Kluwer Academic Publishers Dordrecht, Netherlands 129 145
3. D Barltrop Transfer of lead to the human foetus D Barltrop WL Burland Mineral metabolism in paediatrics 1969 Blackwell Publishing Oxford, UK 135 151
4. O Mayer-Popken W Denkhaus GB Schreiber Lead content of fetal tissues after lead intoxication Arch Toxicol 58 1986 203 204
5. P Mushak New directions in the toxicokinetics of human lead exposure Neurotoxicology 14 1993 29 42
6. BL Gulson KR Mahaffey KJ Mizon MJ Korsch MA Cameron G Vimpani Contribution of tissue lead to blood lead in adult female subjects based on stable lead isotope methods J Lab Clin Med 125 1995 703 712
7. BL Gulson CW Jameson KR Mahaffey KJ Mizon MJ Korsch G Vimpani Pregnancy increases mobilization of lead from maternal skeleton J Lab Clin Med 130 1997 51 62
8. BL Gulson KR Mahaffey CW Jameson KJ Mizon MJ Korsch MA Cameron Mobilization of lead from the skeleton during the post-natal period is larger than during pregnancy J Lab Clin Med 131 1998 324 329