Bone lead levels and delinquent behavior

JAMA

Volumn 275, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 363-369

  Needleman, Herbert L ^a,d   Riess, Julie A ^a   Tobin, Michael J ^b   Biesecker, Gretchen E ^a   Greenhouse, Joel B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BONE DENSITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELINQUENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0030033367     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.275.5.363     Document Type: Article

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