Relationships among blood lead levels, iron deficiency, and cognitive development in two-year-old children

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 180-185

  Ruff, Holly A ^a   Markowitz, Morri E ^a,b   Bijur, Polly E ^a   Rosen, John F ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Cognitive development; Intervention; Iron deficiency; Lead poisoning; Perceptual motor functioning

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; LEAD;

ARTICLE; CHELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0029986147     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104180     Document Type: Article

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