Blood lead levels and delayed onset of puberty in a longitudinal study of Russian boys

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Williams, Paige L ^a   Sergeyev, Oleg ^b,c   Lee, Mary M ^d   Korrick, Susan A ^a,e   Burns, Jane S ^a   Humblet, Olivier ^a   DelPrato, Julie ^a   Revich, Boris ^f   Hauser, Russ ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b SAMARA STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c Chapaevsk Medical Association   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Children; Environment; Epidemiology; Lead; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DELAYED PUBERTY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BODY SIZE; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PUBERTY, DELAYED; RUSSIA; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77951876223     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-2575     Document Type: Article

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