Determinants of the Blood Lead Level of US Women of Reproductive Age

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Lee, Mi Gyung ^a   Chun, Ock Kyoung ^a   Song, Won O ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Children; Lead; Nutrition; Smoking; Vitamin; Women

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; PROTOPORPHYRIN; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GEOMETRY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOCRIT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; IRON INTAKE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LIFESTYLE; NUTRITION; POVERTY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASCORBIC ACID; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THIAMINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17644424991     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2005.10719436     Document Type: Article

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