Biological markers of fetal lead exposure at each stage of pregnancy

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 69, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 1781-1796

  Lamadrid Figueroa, Héctor ^a   Téllez Rojo, Martha María ^a   Hernández Cadena, Leticia ^a   Mercado García, Adriana ^a   Smith, Donald ^b   Solano González, Maritsa ^a   Hernández Avila, Mauricio ^a   Hu, Howard ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAL BINDING; OSTEOLYSIS; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICOKINETICS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEXICO; PLASMA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; LEAD; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MEXICO; PLASMA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33747160461     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390600630195     Document Type: Article

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