Reply: Maternal lead exposure, secondary sex ratio and dose-exposure fallacy
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Maternal lead exposure and the secondary sex ratio.
BACKGROUND A reduction in the secondary sex ratio may be associated with exposure to environmental toxicants. Little data exists relating this outcome to lead exposure, a well-known reproductive toxicant. METHODS We studied 1980 women having singleton births from 1994 to 1995 and from 1997 to 2001 who participated in a cohort study of lead exposure and infant outcomes in Mexico City. Levels o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Human Reproduction
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0268-1161,1460-2350
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem194