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Lead in Cord Blood of Neonates from Chorzow (Upper Silesia)
J. Kasznia-Kocot
Upper Silesian Child and Mother's Center of Health, Silesian Medical Academy, Katowice, Poland
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 1999;8(5):309-312
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Lead levels in cord blood (PbB) of 92 neonates living in the town of Chorzów (Upper Silesia) have been determined.
The mean PbB concentration was 5.29mg/dl (SD= 2.24) in the all investigated groups.The mean Pb-CB was higher in preterm babies (x= 6.87mg/dl, SD=1.67 ), especially in boys. Pb-CB concentrations were higher in the neonates born to mothers aged more than 30 years, smoking before and during pregnancy, having bad living conditions, living close to gasoline station.
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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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