Understanding international crime trends: The legacy of preschool lead exposure

Environmental Research

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 315-336

  Nevin, Rick ^a  

^a National Center for Healthy Housing   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Crime; IQ; Lead poisoning; Violence

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

AGE STRUCTURE; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; CRIME; LEAD; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRIME; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THEFT; TREND STUDY; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEAD; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, CHILDHOOD; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; ITALY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249912404     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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