IQ and blood lead from 2 to 7 years of age: Are the effects in older children the residual of high blood lead concentrations in 2-year-olds?

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 597-601

  Chen, Aimin ^a   Dietrich, Kim N ^b   Ware, James H ^c   Radcliffe, Jerilynn ^d   Rogan, Walter J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chelation; Developmental testing; IQ; Lead poisoning; Longitudinal studies

Indexed keywords

LEAD; PLACEBO; SUCCIMER;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DUST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; CHELATING AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; PLACEBOS; SUCCIMER;

EID: 19044379741     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7625     Document Type: Article

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