Fetal Lead Exposure at Each Stage of Pregnancy as a Predictor of Infant Mental Development

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Authors

Howard Hu · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Martha María Téllez‐Rojo · Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública

David Bellinger · Boston Children's Hospital

Donald R. Smith · University of California, Santa Cruz

Adrienne S. Ettinger · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Héctor Lamadrid‐Figueroa · Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública

Joel Schwartz

Abstract

Fetal lead exposure has an adverse effect on neurodevelopment, with an effect that may be most pronounced during the first trimester and best captured by measuring lead in either maternal plasma or whole blood.

Topics & Keywords

Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity Trace Elements in Health Mercury impact and mitigation studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Environmental Health Perspectives

Volume 114, Issue 11, pp. 1730-1735

DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9067

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