Predictors of environmental lead exposure among pregnant women - A prospective cohort study in Poland

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-54

  Polańska, Kinga ^a   Hanke, Wojciech ^a   Sobala, Wojciech ^a   Trzcinka Ochocka, Małgorzata ^a   Ligocka, Danuta ^a   Strugała Stawik, Halina ^b   Magnus, Per ^c  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b The Foundation for Children from Copper Basin   (Poland)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blood lead level; Cotinine; Distance from smelter; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

COTININE; LEAD; PASSIVE SMOKING;

ACTIVE SMOKING; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GRAPHITE FURNACE ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD EXPOSURE; LIFESTYLE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL AGE; PASSIVE SMOKING; POLAND; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COTININE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; LIFE STYLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLAND; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898723691     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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