Maternal nutritional status during pregnancy and surma use determine cord lead levels in Karachi, Pakistan

Environmental Research

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-79

  Janjua, Naveed Zafar ^a,b   Delzell, Elizabeth ^a   Larson, Rodney R ^c   Meleth, Sreelatha ^d   Kabagambe, Edmond K ^a   Kristensen, Sibylle ^a   Sathiakumar, Nalini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Iron; Pakistan; Socioeconomic status; Surma; Umbilical cord blood lead levels

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; LEAD; SURMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLOOD; COGNITION; DIET; ESTIMATION METHOD; LEAD; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ADULT; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DELIVERY; ETHNICITY; FATHER; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; IRON INTAKE; IRON THERAPY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTHER; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN PERIOD; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCCUPATION; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UMBILICAL CORD; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CLASS;

ASIA; EURASIA; KARACHI; PAKISTAN; SIND; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 50149086110     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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