Lead exposure and birth outcomes in five communities in Shoshone County, Idaho

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-132

  Berkowitz, Zahava ^a   Price Green, Patricia ^a   Bove, Frank J ^a   Kaye, Wendy E ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth outcomes; Lead exposure; Preterm birth; Small for gestational age; Term low birthweight; Term mean birthweight

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN DISEASE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TERM BIRTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33344470479     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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