Impacts of elevated prenatal blood lead on trace element status and pregnancy outcomes in occupationally non-exposed women

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 143-156

  Ugwuja, Emmanuel Ike ^a   Ejikeme, B ^a   Obuna, J A ^a  

^a EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Diabetes, gesta tional; Fetus; Lead poisoning; Nutritional status; Pre eclampsia; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IRON; LEAD; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALARIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

COPPER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IRON; LEAD; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 79959593972     PISSN: 20086520     EISSN: 20086814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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