The lead burdens for children and mothers exposed to lead-contaminated soils and dusts have been investigated in a rural district with minimal atmospheric pollution. A significant relationship was observed between the lead content of blood and hair of children exposed to soils of mean lead content in the range 420-13,969 p.p.m. The blood lead concentration of children was consistently greater t...

Depressed mothers use less of the exaggerated prosody that is typical of infant-directed (ID) speech than do nondepressed mothers. We investigated the consequences of this reduced perceptual salience in ID speech for infant learning. Infants of nondepressed mothers readily learned that their mothers' speech signaled a face, whereas infants of depressed mothers failed to learn that their mothers...

This study examined the extent to which mothers of preschool children with autism use language that is related to the child's focus of attention. Fourteen mother-child dyads involving preschool children with autism participated in this study, along with 14 matched dyads involving typically developing preschool children. Both groups were observed during 15 minutes of free play. Results revealed ...

Babies at Risk Decades after Mothers Exposed Fetal lead exposure is associated with delayed embryonic development of several organ systems and cognitive deficiencies in early childhood. Infants and children are more susceptible to the metal’s effects than adults, and women exposed to high levels of lead decades ago may still pass the toxic metal to their unborn children. In a bid to better esti...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate association of blood lead levels with pregnancy outcome in the obstetrics and gynaecology unit. METHODS Blood lead levels were measured in 73 pregnant women at the time of delivery and assessed its association with pregnancy outcome. RESULTS Mean maternal lead level was 9.91+/-4.44 mg/dL (range 2.28-36.35 mg/dL). Mothers of boys had significantly higher (p=0.013, one-t...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine blood lead concentrations in children living in an area with a battery plant in Berat, Albania. Another aim was to determine blood lead concentrations in mothers and cord blood levels in neonates from Berat and compare them with values found in Tirana. DESIGN Cross sectional survey with a 10% random sample of children, and a 10% sample of mothers and newborn. SE...

background: this study aims to investigate the concentrations of lead, cadmium, and arsenic in the human milk, and to assess the effect of jujube fruit consumption by lactating mothers in reducing the concentration of these heavy metals in their milk.materials and methods: this randomized controlled trial was conducted in 2014 among forty postpartum mothers in isfahan,the second largest and pol...

Aim: To determine the frequency of meconium stained liquor in females undergoing cesarean section due to fetal distress. Study type, setting & duration: This descriptive study was conducted at Unit III, Department Obstetrics Gynecology, Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore during August 2018 February 2019. Methodology: The commenced on 240 fulfilled selection criteria. After taking informed consent t...