Decrease in birth weight in relation to maternal bone-lead burden

Pediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 856-862

  González Cossío, Teresa ^a   Peterson, Karen E ^b   Sanín, Luz Helena ^a,c   Fishbein, Eugenia ^a,d   Palazuelos, Eduardo ^d,e   Aro, Antonio ^b   Hernández Avila, Mauricio ^a   Hu, Howard ^b,f  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIHUAHUA   (Mexico)

^d AMERICAN BRITISH COWDRAY MEDICAL CENTER   (Mexico)

^e Secretaria del Medio Ambiente   (Mexico)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Bone lead; Epidemiology; Fetus; Pregnancy; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE LEVEL; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 1842336254     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.100.5.856     Document Type: Article

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