Determinants of blood lead levels across the menopausal transition

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 355-360

  Hernandez Avila, Mauricio ^a,b   Villalpando, Clicerio Gonzales ^c   Villalpando, Maria Elena Gonzales ^c   Martinez, David Rivera ^c   Palazuelos, Eduardo ^d   Hu, Howard ^e  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Centro de Estudios en Diabetes   (Mexico)

^d AMERICAN BRITISH COWDRAY MEDICAL CENTER   (Mexico)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE LEVEL; CERAMICS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MENOPAUSE; MEXICO; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033735436     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890009604028     Document Type: Article

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