Environmental lead exposure and activity of δ-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALA-D) in maternal and cord blood

Toxicology

Volumn 134, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 143-152

  Campagna, Dave ^a   Huel, Guy ^a   Girard, Françoise ^a   Sahuquillo, Josiane ^a   Blot, Philippe ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Aminolevulinate dehydratase; Epidemiology; Lead poisoning; Mother; Newborn; Toxicological threshold

Indexed keywords

LEAD; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0033002445     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(99)00031-1     Document Type: Article

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