Prenatal blood lead levels and Birth Weight: a Meta-analysis study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Lead, a known toxic metal, causes several adverse reproductive effects, including low birth weight. Fortunately, the exposure level has sharply decreased during the recent decades, but a definitive safe level did not introduce for pregnant women yet. The current meta-analysis study aimed to conduct a quantitative estimation of maternal and umbilical cord blood lead effects on birth weight.

Methods

Two researchers have independently searched the scientific literature for retrieving related studies using the PRISMA criteria for data extraction. Twenty-one full-text articles were selected from primary 5006 titles, limited by the English language and published between 1991 and 2020 on humans.

Results

The pooled mean of maternal and umbilical cord blood lead levels

SUBMITTER: Vigeh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10163201 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature