Differential affects of lead exposure on components of verbal memory

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 181-187

  Bleecker, M L ^a   Ford, D P ^a   Lindgren, K N ^a   Hoese, V M ^a   Walsh, K S ^a   Vaughan, C G ^a  

^a Center for Occupational and Environmental Neurology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RECALL; SMELTER; VARIANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; AGING; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEAD POISONING; LEARNING; MALE; METALLURGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, ADULT; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 14544269876     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2003.011346     Document Type: Article

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