Blood and placental lead levels in an Indian city: a preliminary report. (Lucknow, India)

From: Archives of Environmental Health | Date: March 1, 1994| Author: Chandra, Satya V.; Mathur, Neeraj; Murthy, R.C.; Saxena, D.K.; Singh, Chitra | Copyright information

A preliminary investigation was carried out in a hospital in the city of Lucknow, India, to provide information on the possible range of lead (Pb) exposure in pregnant women and fetuses, to correlate high Pb levels with various socioenvironmental factors, and to examine any possible association between reproductive outcome and Pb levels in this population. The results indicate that maternal blood lead levels were higher in those who experienced abnormal deliveries and in those who ate nonvege...

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