The U.S. food and drug administration risk assessment on lead in women's and children's vitamin is based on outdated assumptions

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1021-1022

  Miodovnik, Amir ^a   Landrigan, Philip J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal and child neurobehavioral development; Food and drug administration; Lead; Provisional total toletable intake levels; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

LEAD; VITAMIN;

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD SAFETY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG INFORMATION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MATERNAL WELFARE; METAL TOLERANCE; NEUROTOXICITY; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VITAMINS;

EID: 67650917754     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0900573     Document Type: Article

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