2015
Distributions of heavy metals in maternal and cord blood and the association with infant birth weight in China.
Hu X, Zheng T, Cheng Y, Holford T, Lin S, Leaderer B, Qiu J, Bassig BA, Shi K, Zhang Y, Niu J, Zhu Y, Li Y, Guo H, Chen Q, Zhang J, Xu S, Jin Y. Distributions of heavy metals in maternal and cord blood and the association with infant birth weight in China. The Journal Of Reproductive Medicine 2015, 60: 21-9. PMID: 25745747, PMCID: PMC4961246.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfant birth weightCord blood samplesBirth weightCord bloodBlood samplesChinese pregnant womenMother-infant pairsBirth outcomesSerum levelsPregnant womenPrenatal exposureSerum concentrationsChinese infantsMultiple linear regression analysisLarger sample sizeLinear regression analysisSignificant associationChinese womenPilot studyBloodRegression analysisNewbornsAssociationWomenHigh concentrations
2001
Risk Factors for Asthma Prevalence Among Urban and Nonurban African American Children
von Maffei J, Beckett W, Belanger K, Triche E, Zhang H, Machung J, Leaderer B. Risk Factors for Asthma Prevalence Among Urban and Nonurban African American Children. Journal Of Asthma 2001, 38: 555-564. PMID: 11714078, DOI: 10.1081/jas-100107120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk factorsUrban residenceAfrican American childrenMaternal cigarette smokingPhysician-diagnosed asthmaMultiple risk factorsYears of ageMaternal asthmaAsthmatic childrenAsthma prevalenceCigarette smokingAsthmaAmerican childrenAfrican American mothersIdentifiable factorsChildrenAmerican mothersResidenceFactorsSmokingAllergyNewbornsPrevalence