Blood Pb Levels in pregnant Nigerian women in Abakaliki, South-Eastern Nigeria

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 3795-3801

  Ugwuja, Emmanuel I ^a   Ibiam, Udu A ^a   Ejikeme, Boniface N ^a   Obuna, Johnson A ^a   Agbafor, Kingsley N ^a  

^a EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Blood; Environmental exposure; Nigeria; Non essential trace elements; Pb; Pregnancy; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; NIGERIA; NON-ESSENTIAL TRACE ELEMENTS; PREGNANCY; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS;

BLOOD; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL;

LEAD;

LEAD;

BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; MATERNAL HEALTH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TOXICITY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; NIGERIA; OCCUPATION; POLICY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; POLLUTANT; STATISTICS;

ABAKALIKI; EBONYI; NIGERIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878373847     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2828-1     Document Type: Article

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