Association of Maternal Blood Lead Level During Pregnancy with Child Blood Lead Level and Pregnancy Outcome in Kuwait

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-57

  Rahman, Abdur ^a   Al Rashidi, Haila A G ^a   Khan, Abdul Rehman ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

APGAR; lead level; maternal nutrition; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

LEAD; MATERNAL HEALTH; NUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; LEAD POISONING; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTOR;

APGAR SCORE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KUWAIT; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS;

KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST];

EID: 84856810911     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2012.635571     Document Type: Article

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