Title:
Regular Breakfast and Blood Lead Levels among Preschool Children
Keywords: blood lead levels, nutrition, children, breakfast, prevention
Authors:
Jianghong Liu1, Linda McCauley 2,Charlene Compher1, Chonghuai Yan3, Xiaoming Shen3, Jennifer Pinto-Martin1
1. Faculty, University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing
2. Dean, Emory University, Nell Hodgson School of Nursing
3. Faculty, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health
Corresponding Author:Jianghong Liu
Institutional Addresses:
1. Jianghong Liu, PhD, RN
University of Pennsylvania Schools of Nursing and Medicine
418 Curie Blvd., Room 426, Claire M. Fagin Hall
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6096
Tel: (215) 898-8293
Email:
2. Linda McCauley, PhD, FAAN, FAAOHN, RN
Emory University Nell Hodgson School of Nursing
1520 Clifton Rd NE # 402
Atlanta, GA 30322-4201
Tel: (404) 727-5692
Email:
3. Charlene Compher, PhD, RD, FADA, CNSC, LDN
University of Pennsylvania Schools of Nursing and Medicine
Room 134 Fagin Hall
418 Curie Blvd.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4217
Tel: (215) 898-3619
Email:
4. Chonghuai Yan, MD, PhD
Professor and Deputy Director
Xinhua Hospital affiated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health
Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research
1665 Kong Jiang Road, Shanghai 200092, China
Tel: +86-21-3377-8541
Email:
5. Xiaoming Shen, MD, PhD
Shanghai Xin Hua Hospital Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health,Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine
Shanghai Jiaotong University
Shanghai 200092,China
Email:
6. Jennifer A Pinto-Martin, PhD, MPH
University of Pennsylvania Schools of Nursing and Medicine
Room 306 Fagin Hall
418 Curie Blvd.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4217
Tel: (215) 898-2992
Email:
Funding
National Institute of Environment Health Sciences (NIEHS, K01-ES015 877; R01-ES018858) US; The Wacker Foundation US; Jintan City Government; Jintan Hospital, China.
Acknowledgement
Thanks are extended to the participating children and their families from Jintan City, and to the Jintan Cohort Study Group. This group consists of theJintan Maternal Child Health Center, Jintan Hospital (Dr Liping Zhang, Yue Xian Ai and Liudi Han), Shanghai Jiaotong University (Dr Xiaoming Shen and Dr Chonghai Yan), China Southern Eastern University (Dr Guiju Sun and Honglei Peng), Nanjing Brain Hospital (Dr Tunong Chen) and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Patrick W.L. Leung). We are very grateful to the Jintan city government and the Jintan Hospital for their support and assistance.
Financial Disclosure
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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