Effect of Calcium Supplementation on Blood Lead Levels in Pregnancy: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial

BACKGROUND: Prenatal lead exposure is associated with deficits in fetal growth and neurodevelopment. Calcium supplementation may attenuate fetal exposure by inhibiting mobilization of maternal bone lead and/or intestinal absorption of ingested lead. OBJECTIVE: Our goal was to evaluate the effect of...

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Autores principales: Ettinger, Adrienne S., Lamadrid-Figueroa, Héctor, Téllez-Rojo, Martha M., Mercado-García, Adriana, Peterson, Karen E., Schwartz, Joel, Hu, Howard, Hernández-Avila, Mauricio
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2627861/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19165383
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.11868

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2627861/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19165383
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.11868

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