Study of the effect of lactational bone loss on blood lead concentrations in humans

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 187-194

  Osterloh, John D ^a,b   Kelly, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Bone density; Lactation; Pb

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DENSITY; BONE TURNOVER; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; VERTEBRA;

EID: 0032891378     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107187     Document Type: Article

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