Lead contamination and anthropometry of the newborn baby

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 369-371

  Zentner, Luz Estela A ^a   Rondó, Patrícia H C ^a,b   Mastroeni, Silmara S B S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; HEMOGLOBIN; LEAD; THYROID HORMONE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33749612191     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fml009     Document Type: Article

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