Environmental Factors Predicting Blood Lead Levels in Pregnant Women in the UK: The ALSPAC Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Taylor, Caroline M ^a   Golding, Jean ^a   Hibbeln, Joseph ^b   Emond, Alan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IRON;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; COFFEE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FURNACE; GAS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL BLOOD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883538109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072371     Document Type: Article

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