Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in pregnancy and lead level in maternal blood at delivery

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 205-210

  Jȩdrychowski, Wiesław ^a   Flak, Elzbieta ^a   Mróz, Elzbieta ^a   Rauh, Virginia ^b   Caldwell, Kathleen ^c   Jones, Robert ^c   Skolicki, Zbigniew ^d   Kaim, Irena ^a   Perera, Frederica ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b Mailman School Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Municipal Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Environmental tobacco smoke; Pregnant women

Indexed keywords

LEAD; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; DELIVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL BLOOD; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PREGNANCY; SMOKING;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 33846817144     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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