367 a Longitudinal Study of Interaction Between Environmental Lead and Blood Lead Concentrations During Pregnancy, at Delivery and in the First 6 Months of Life

Abstract

i n o t h e r t r a c e metals. Erythrocyte protoporphyrin c o n c e n t r a t i o n i s twice normal i n t h e cord and neonate samples, w i t h no c o r r e l a t i o n t o lowered serum i r o n . Mean blood l e a d c o n c e n t r a t i o n s a r e lower i n maternal, cord, and neonate samples from Columbus than i n t h e same samples from Boston and New Bedford, Mass.Mother Cord Blood I n f a n t N Pb EP

Biomedical Anthropology in a Multidisciplinary, Multi‐institutional Research Project: The Albany Lead Study

“…Since current results from previous research on maternal-fetal lead transmission and changes in maternal lead during pregnancy are inconsistent or preliminary (Alexander and Delves 1981;Barltrop 1969;Gershanik et al 1974;Lubin et al 1978), our research team sought to focus its investigation on nutritional, socioeconomic and anthropometric variables as determinants of changes during pregnancy and the transmission of lead from mother to fetus.…”