Fetal lead exposure at each stage of pregnancy as a predictor of infant mental development

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1730-1735

  Hu, Howard ^a,b,g   Téllez Rojo, Martha María ^c   Bellinger, David ^a,d   Smith, Donald ^e   Ettinger, Adrienne S ^a,b   Lamadrid Figueroa, Héctor ^c   Schwartz, Joel ^a,b   Schnaas, Lourdes ^f   Mercado García, Adriana ^c   Hernández Avila, Mauricio ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; IQ; Lead; Neurodevelopment; Plasma; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETER; MATERNAL BLOOD; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MEXICO; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MEXICO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 33750862640     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9067     Document Type: Article

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