Early dentine lead levels and educational outcomes at 18 years

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 471-478

  Fergusson, David M ^a   Horwood, L John ^b   Lynskey, Michael T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Dentine lead; Longitudinal study; Reading ability

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIN; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; READING; SAMPLING; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTIN; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LEARNING DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0030941352     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1997.tb01532.x     Document Type: Article

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