Neurological and behavioral consequences of childhood lead exposure

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 0690-0692

  Bellinger, David C ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILDHOOD; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROTOXICITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; BLOOD; BRAIN; CRIME; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INFANT; LEAD POISONING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SOCIOPATHY; VIOLENCE;

BRAIN; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 44449166036     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050115     Document Type: Review

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