Dental amalgam restorations and children's neuropsychological function: The New England Children's Amalgam Trial

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 440-446

  Bellinger, David C ^a,b   Daniel, David ^c   Trachtenberg, Felicia ^d   Tavares, Mary ^e   McKinlay, Sonja ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT FARMINGTON   (United States)

^d NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^e FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Dental amalgam; Elemental mercury; Neuropsychology; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; DENTAL ALLOY; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MERCURIALISM; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; URBAN AREA; URINALYSIS;

CHILD; DENTAL AMALGAM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAINE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MERCURY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 34147168300     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9497     Document Type: Article

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