Prenatal exposure to lead in relation to risk of preterm low birth weight: A matched case-control study in China

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 57, Issue , 2015, Pages 190-195

  Zhang, Bin ^a,b   Xia, Wei ^a   Li, Yuanyuan ^a   Bassig, Bryan A ^c   Zhou, Aifen ^b   Wang, Youjie ^a   Li, Zhengkuan ^d   Yao, Yuanxiang ^e   Hu, Jie ^a   Du, Xiaofu ^a   Zhou, Yanqiu ^a   Liu, Juan ^a   Xue, Weiyan ^a   Ma, Yue ^a   Pan, Xinyun ^a   Peng, Yang ^a   Zheng, Tongzhang ^c   Xu, Shunqing ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Women and Children Medical and Healthcare Center of Wuhan   (China)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Macheng Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital   (China)

^e Ezhou Maternal and Child Health Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Lead; Maternal urine; Prenatal exposure; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; LEAD; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; RISK; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939565068     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: 18731708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2015.06.051     Document Type: Article

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