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Determination of lead levels in maternal and umbilical cord blood at birth at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos

BACKGROUND: Lead toxicity is a cause of intellectual disability in children and majority of affected children live in developing countries. Its adverse effect on pregnancy outcome has also been documented. OBJECTIVES: To assess the relationship between maternal blood lead levels and umbilical cord b...

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Autores principales: Ladele, Jejelola I., Fajolu, Iretiola Bamikeolu, Ezeaka, Veronica Chinyere
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6366766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30730916
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211535