A pilot study of blood lead levels and neurobehavioral function in children living in Chennai, India

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 138-143

  Bellinger, David C ^a,b   Hu, Howard ^a,b   Kalaniti, Kartigeyan ^d   Thomas, Naveen ^c   Rajan, Pradeep ^b,d   Sambandam, Sankar ^d   Ramaswamy, Padmavathi ^b,d   Balakrishnan, Kalpana ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

India; Lead; Neurobehavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INDIA; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLOOD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LEAD POISONING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 21444455107     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2005.11.2.138     Document Type: Article

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