TY - JOUR T1 - Higher blood lead levels in rural than urban pregnant women in Eastern Nigeria JF - Occupational and Environmental Medicine JO - Occup Environ Med SP - 850 LP - 851 DO - 10.1136/oemed-2012-100947 VL - 69 IS - 11 AU - Chinwendu Onyekachi Njoku AU - Orish Ebere Orisakwe Y1 - 2012/11/01 UR - http://oem.bmj.com/content/69/11/850.1.abstract N2 - While blood lead levels (BLLs) in many western countries have progressively declined over the years, in Nigeria, high BLLs continue to be documented not only in exposed workers but also in ‘unexposed’ subjects.1 Lead is an environmental toxin that is capable of causing numerous acute and chronic illnesses. Pregnant women with elevated BLLs transfer lead to the fetus since blood-borne lead crosses the placenta. Through a consideration of the joint associations of maternal BLLs, demographics, obstetrics variables and plasma enzymes levels, this study has attempted to provide data required for crafting effective public health information with … ER -