Evidence that birth weight is decreased by maternal lead levels below 5μg/dl in male newborns

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue , 2014, Pages 21-26

  Nishioka, Emiko ^a,b   Yokoyama, Kazuhito ^a   Matsukawa, Takehisa ^a   Vigeh, Mohsen ^a,c   Hirayama, Satoshi ^a   Ueno, Tsuyoshi ^a   Miida, Takashi ^a   Makino, Shintaro ^a   Takeda, Satoru ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Lead; Pregnancy outcome; Prenatal exposure; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

LEAD; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PROGENY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; FETOTOXICITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTANT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; LEAD; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902211709     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: 18731708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2014.05.007     Document Type: Article

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