title: Placental and stillbirth tissue lead concentrations in occupationally exposed women.
abstract: The lead values in maternal and infant blood, in placental tissue, and in stillbirth liver, kidney, and rib- and skull-bones have been determined in samples from the Stoke-on-Trent area. The lead values in antenatal blood and placenta increase with occupational exposure; liver and kidney stillbirth lead values are lower than those of much older children and rib-bone lead values from stillbirths were on average three times as high as those from a control group comprised of cot deaths and early infant deaths from accidental causes.
mesh_terms: D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000032:analysis / Q000196:embryology; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000032:analysis; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000032:analysis / Q000196:embryology; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D008099:Liver / Q000032:analysis / Q000196:embryology; D010920:Placenta / Q000032:analysis*; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D007854:Lead