Investigation of kinetic of lead during pregnancy and lactation

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 158-162

  Nashashibi, Nabil ^a   Cardamakis, Emmanuel ^a,b   Bolbos, George ^a   Tzingounis, Vassilios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Lactation; Lead; Placenta; Pollution

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BREAST MILK; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; LEAD; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MILK, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032866974     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000010164     Document Type: Article

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