Maternal blood lead concentration, diet during pregnancy, and anthropometry predict neonatal blood lead in a socioeconomically disadvantaged population

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-200

  Schell, Lawrence M ^a   Denham, Melinda ^a   Stark, Alice D ^b   Gomez, Marta ^b   Ravenscroft, Julia ^a   Parsons, Patrick J ^c   Aydermir, Aida ^a   Samelson, Renee ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^d ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Calcium; Children; Diet; Iron; Lead; Neonates; Nutrition; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IRON; LEAD; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0037294129     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.5592     Document Type: Article

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