Determination of lead levels in maternal and umbilical cord blood at birth at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lead toxicity is a cause of intellectual disability in children and majority of affected children live in developing countries. Its adverse effect on pregnancy outcome has also been documented.

Objectives

To assess the relationship between maternal blood lead levels and umbilical cord blood lead levels in their corresponding newborn infants; to determine factors associated with high blood lead levels and the pregnancy outcome in participants.

Materials and methods

This was a cross-sectional descriptive study carried out at a tertiary Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria. Four hundred and forty pregnant women and their respective newborns delivered at the study centre. Blood samples were obtained from the mothers and umbilical cord of the newborns at delivery a

SUBMITTER: Ladele JI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6366766 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature