Newborns and low to moderate prenatal environmental lead exposure: Might fathers be the key?

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 7886-7898

  García Esquinas, Esther ^a,b   Aragonés, Nuria ^a,b   Fernández, Mario Antonio ^c   García Sagredo, José Miguel ^d   de León, América ^d   de Paz, Concha ^e   Pérez Meixeira, Ana María ^e   Gil, Elisa ^e   Iriso, Andrés ^e   Cisneros, Margot ^e   de Santos, Amparo ^e   Sanz, Juan Carlos ^e   García, José Frutos ^e   Asensio, Ángel ^e   Vioque, Jesús ^b,f   López Abente, Gonzalo ^a,b   Astray, Jenaro ^a   Pollán, Marina ^a,b   Martínez, Mercedes ^e,g   González, María José ^c   Pérez Gómez, Beatriz ^a,b   more..

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^e Madrid Regional Health Affairs Authority   (Spain)

^f MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^g Health Prevention and Environmental Health Department   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anthropometrical measures; Birth; Cord blood; Lead; Parents; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; BLOOD; GENOTOXICITY; LEAD; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LEAD; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; MALE; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84902550645     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-2738-6     Document Type: Article

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