The association of lead exposure and motor performance mediated by cerebral white matter change

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 318-323

  Bleecker, Margit L ^a   Ford, D Patrick ^a   Vaughan, Christopher G ^a   Walsh, Karin Scheetz ^a   Lindgren, Karen N ^a  

^a Center for Occupational and Environmental Neurology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone lead; Cumulative lead exposure; Lead neurotoxicity; MRI; Psychomotor performance; White matter change

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BONE AND BONES; CANADA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; NERVE TISSUE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34249675785     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2006.04.008     Document Type: Article

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