Neuropsychological function in children with blood lead levels <10 μg/dL

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1170-1177

  Surkan, Pamela J ^a   Zhang, Annie ^b   Trachtenberg, Felicia ^b   Daniel, David B ^c   McKinlay, Sonja ^b   Bellinger, David C ^a,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Cognition; Lead

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIAL MEMORY; URBAN AREA; VERBAL MEMORY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ATTENTION; BOSTON; CHILD; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL AMALGAM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEAD; MAINE; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 35649005511     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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