Impaired neuropsychological functioning in lead-exposed children

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 513-540

  Canfield, Richard L ^a   Gendle, Mathew H ^b   Cory Slechta, Deborah A ^c  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION FLEXIBILITY; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CAMBRIDGE NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING AUTOMATED BATTERY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW LEVEL EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PLANNING; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SET SHIFTING; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY SPAN; SPATIAL WORKING MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOWER OF LONDON TASK; WORKING MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY AND PLANNING BATTERY;

ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; LEAD; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, CHILDHOOD; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 3943069731     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326942dn2601_8     Document Type: Article

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