Maternal blood lead level and outcomes of pregnancy in Lucknow, North India

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 855-860

  Awasthi, Shally ^a,d   Awasthi, Rajiv ^b   Srivastav, R C ^c  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ESI HOSPITAL   (India)

^c CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

^d NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Maternal lead

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 0036728746     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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