Towards prenatal biomonitoring in Eastern Nigeria: Assessing lead levels and anthropometric parameters of newborns

Journal of UOEH

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 159-170

  Obi, Ejeatuluchukwu ^a   Orisakwe, Orish Ebere ^b   Okafor, Charles ^a   Igwebe, Anthony ^a   Ebenebe, Joy ^a   Afonne, Onyenmechi Johnson ^a   Ifediata, Francis ^a   Nils, Basu ^c   Nriagu, Jerome ^c  

^a NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b University of Portharcourt   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometric; Blood lead level; Cord blood; Maternal blood; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908021548     PISSN: 0387821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7888/juoeh.36.159     Document Type: Article

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