Longitudinal study of prenatal and postnatal lead exposure and early cognitive development in Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia: A preliminary results of cord blood lead levels

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 300-307

  Al Saleh, Iman ^a   Shinwari, Neptune ^a   Nester, Michael ^a   Mashhour, Abdullah ^a   Moncari, Lina ^a   El Din Mohamed, Gamal ^a   Rabah, Abdullah ^b  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b King Khalid Hospital Al Kharj   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cord blood; Head circumference; Lead exposure; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SKULL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54949117141     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmn019     Document Type: Article

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