Lead-associated deficits in stature, mental ability and behaviour in children in Karachi

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 301-311

  Rahman, Abdur ^a   Maqbool, Erum ^b   Zuberi, Hina S ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; LEAD;

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH IMPACT; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY BURDEN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LAW; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PAKISTAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY SCHOOL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEAD; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEAD; MALE; PAKISTAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOOTH;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0036940789     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249302125001958     Document Type: Article

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