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Effect of Maternal Lead Burden on Infant Weight and Weight Gain at One Month of Age Among Breastfed Infants

Luz Helena Sanı́n, Teresa González‐Cossío, Isabelle Romieu, Karen E. Peterson, Eduardo Palazuelos, Mauricio Hernández‐Ávila, Howard Hu

PEDIATRICS · 2001 · 101 citations · 28 references

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Abstract

Maternal lead burden is negatively associated to infant attained weight at 1 month of age and to postnatal weight gain from birth to 1 month of age. Additional studies are needed to better understand this source of exposure and to develop interventions to minimize its impact.

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Teresa González‐Cossío, Karen E. Peterson, Luz-Helena Sanı́n et al. · PEDIATRICS · 1997 · 236 citations