Blood lead concentration <10 μg/dL and child intelligence at 6 years of age

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 243-248

  Jusko, Todd A ^a   Henderson Jr , Charles R ^b   Lanphear, Bruce P ^c   Cory Slechta, Deborah A ^d   Parsons, Patrick J ^e,f   Canfield, Richard L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^e WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^f STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort; Electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry; GAM; HOME; IQ; LOESS; Rochester; WPPSI R

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; BLOOD; CHILD; INTELLIGENCE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; LEAD; MALE;

EID: 40549084017     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10424     Document Type: Article

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