Lead poisoning in pregnancy: A case study with implications for midwives

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 30-38

  Hackley, Barbara ^a,b,c   Katz Jacobson, Anne ^d  

^a Community Health Center ^*  (United States)

^b Yale University School of Nursing ^*  (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d North Central Bronx Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Lead exposure; Lead poisoning; Lead sources

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE PROTOPORPHYRIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LEAD;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BOTTLE FEEDING; BRAIN DISEASE; BREAST FEEDING; CASE REPORT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTELLECT; KIDNEY INJURY; LABOR; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; PARITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PICA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TERATOGENICITY; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WATER ANALYSIS; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD POISONING; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MIDWIFERY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037271631     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1526-9523(02)00366-5     Document Type: Article

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