Reduced intellectual development in children with prenatal lead exposure

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 791-797

  Schnaas, Lourdes ^a   Rothenberg, Stephen J ^b,c   Flores, Maria Fernanda ^a   Martinez, Sandra ^a   Hernandez, Carmen ^a   Osorio, Erica ^a   Velasco, Silvia Ruiz ^d   Perroni, Estela ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^d Ciudad Universitaria   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Child development; Intelligence; Lead; Prenatal exposure delayed effects

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DELAYED NEUROTOXICITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEXICO; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEAD; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 33646348445     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8552     Document Type: Article

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