Growth of infants' length, weight, head and arm circumferences in relation to low levels of blood lead measured serially

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 180-187

  Schell, Lawrence M ^a   Denham, Melinda ^a   Stark, Alice D ^b   Parsons, Patrick J ^a,c   Schulte, Elaine E ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MATERNAL BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

ARM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; LINEAR MODELS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65449189699     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20842     Document Type: Article

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