Determinants of bone and blood lead concentrations in the early postpartum period

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 535-541

  Brown, Mary Jean ^a   Hu, Howard ^a,e   Gonzales Cossio, Teresa ^b   Peterson, Karen E ^a   Sanin, Luz Helena ^b,c   De Luz Kageyama, Maria ^b,d   Palazuelos, Eduardo ^d   Aro, Antonio ^a,e   Schnaas, Lourdes ^b   Hernandez Avila, Mauricio ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIHUAHUA   (Mexico)

^d AMERICAN BRITISH COWDRAY MEDICAL CENTER   (Mexico)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Bone lead; Postpartum

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BONE LEVEL; CERAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MEXICO; PATELLA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIBIA; UNITED STATES; VARIANCE; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BONE AND BONES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; LINEAR MODELS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MEXICO; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033941684     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.57.8.535     Document Type: Article

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