Associations between Cognitive Function, Blood Lead Concentration, and Nutrition among Children in the Central Philippines

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Solon, Orville ^a   Riddell, Travis J ^b,c   Quimbo, Stella A ^a   Butrick, Elizabeth ^d   Aylward, Glen P ^e   Lou Bacate, Marife ^a   Peabody, John W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; PHILIPPINES; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOM SAMPLE; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 38149109669     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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