Prenatal lead exposure and weight of 0- to 5-year-old children in Mexico city

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1436-1441

  Afeiche, Myriam ^a   Peterson, Karen E ^a,b   Sánchez, Brisa N ^c   Cantonwine, David ^b   Lamadrid Figueroa, Héctor ^d   Schnaas, Lourdes ^e   Ettinger, Adrienne S ^a,f,g   Hernández Avila, Mauricio ^h   Hu, Howard ^b   Téllez Rojo, Martha M ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental Health Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Center of Health Systems Research Mexican Institute of Public Health   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bone lead; Growth; Weight

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE LEVEL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD BONE LEVEL; MALE; MEXICO; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PATELLA; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIBIA; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; MALE; MEXICO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 80053452561     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1003184     Document Type: Article

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