Andi worked on a construction site for part of the time that she was pregnant with her daughter, Abby. It was later discovered that the paint she was using contained high levels of lead. We know that lead can be harmful to prenatal development. What are two questions you might want to ask in order to understand the relative risk of lead exposure on Abbi’s development?

Andi worked on a construction site for part of the time that she was pregnant with her daughter, Abby. It was later discovered that the paint she was using contained high levels of lead. We know that lead can be harmful to prenatal development. What are two questions you might want to ask in order to understand the relative risk of lead exposure on Abbi’s development?

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Nutrition Now

8th Edition

ISBN:9781337415408

Author:Brown

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Chapter29: Good Nutrition For Life: Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, And Infancy

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