Intellectual impairment in children with blood lead concentrations below 10 μg per deciliter

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 348, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1517-1526

  Canfield, Richard L ^a   Henderson Jr , Charles R ^a   Cory Slechta, Deborah A ^b   Cox, Christopher ^b,c   Jusko, Todd A ^d   Lanphear, Bruce P ^e  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANFORD-BINET TEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037451905     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa022848     Document Type: Article

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