Lead exposure is associated with a delay in the onset of puberty in South African adolescent females: Findings from the Birth to Twenty cohort

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 4949-4954

  Naicker, Nisha ^a   Norris, Shane A ^b,c   Mathee, Angela ^a   Becker, Piet ^a   Richter, Linda ^b,d  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Blood lead levels; Child health; Lead exposure; Puberty; Urban environmental health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; BLOOD LEAD LEVELS; CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; LEAD EXPOSURE; PUBERTY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HEALTH;

BLOOD;

LEAD;

ADOLESCENCE; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED PUBERTY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIC HAIR; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; PUBERTY; PUBERTY, DELAYED; SOUTH AFRICA;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77956059319     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.07.037     Document Type: Article

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