The impact of early childhood lead exposure on brain organization: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study of language function

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 971-977

  Yuan, Weihong ^a   Holland, Scott K ^a   Cecil, Kim M ^a   Dietrich, Kim N ^a,b   Wessel, Stephanie D ^a,b   Altaye, Mekibib ^b   Hornung, Richard W ^a,b   Ris, M Douglas ^a   Egelhoff, John C ^a   Lanphear, Bruce P ^a,b  

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

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

Author keywords

Environmental pollutants; Language development; Lead poisoning; Neuroimaging; Pediatric research

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD EXPOSURE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEAD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33749048135     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-0467     Document Type: Article

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