What is the meaning of non-linear dose-response relationships between blood lead concentrations and IQ?

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 520-524

  Bowers, Teresa S ^a   Beck, Barbara D ^a  

^a GRADIENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose response; IQ; Lead

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEAD; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; STATISTICS;

EID: 33745008390     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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