Low-level lead exposure and cognitive development in early childhood

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 425-431

  Mendelsohn, Alan L ^a   Dreyer, Benard P ^a   Fierman, Arthur H ^a   Rosen, Carolyn M ^a   Legano, Lori A ^a   Kruger, Hillary A ^b   Lim, Sylvia W ^c   Barasch, Susan ^a   Au, Loretta ^a   Courtlandt, Cheryl D ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLOOD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD POISONING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033253079     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004703-199912000-00004     Document Type: Article

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