Lead and IQ in children: Lanphear et al. respond [4]

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Lanphear, Bruce P ^a   Hornung, Richard ^a   Khoury, Jane ^a   Yolton, Kimberly ^a   Dietrich, Kim N ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LETTER; POLLUTION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 32044466985     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.114-a86     Document Type: Letter

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