The relationship between blood lead levels and occupational exposure in a pregnant population

• Main Authors: Osmel La- (Author), José Manuel Salas Pacheco (Author), Sergio Estrada Martínez (Author), Eloísa Esquivel Rodríguez (Author), Francisco X. Castellanos Juárez (Author), Ada Sandoval Carrillo (Author), Angélica María Lechuga Quiñones (Author), Fernando Vázquez Alanís (Author), Gonzalo García Vargas (Author), Edna Madai Méndez Hernández (Author), Jaime Duarte Sustaita (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Pregnant women exposed to lead are at risk of suffering reproductive damages, such as miscarriage, preeclampsia, premature delivery and low birth weight. Despite that the workplace offers the greatest potential for lead exposure, there is relatively little information about occup...