Higher Infant Blood Lead Levels with Longer Duration of Breastfeeding

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 663-667

  Lozoff, Betsy ^a   Jimenez, Elias ^b   Wolf, Abraham W ^c   Angelilli, Mary Lu ^d   Zatakia, Jigna ^d   Jacobson, Sandra W ^d   Kaciroti, Niko ^a   Clark, Katy M ^a   Tao, Min ^a   Castillo, Marcela ^e   Walter, Tomas ^e   Pino, Paulina ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE NIÑOS   (Costa Rica)

^c METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COSTA RICA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILE; COHORT STUDIES; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, CHILDHOOD; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71749105942     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.04.032     Document Type: Article

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