Determinants of maternal and umbilical blood lead levels: A cross-sectional study, Mosul, Iraq

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Al Jawadi, Asma A ^a   Al Mola, Zina Wa ^b   Al Jomard, Raghad A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOSUL   (Iraq)

^b Ninevah Diractorate of Health ^*  (Iraq)

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EID: 77049108903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-2-47     Document Type: Article

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