Case control study of blood lead levels and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Chinese children

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1401-1406

  Wang, Hui Li ^a   Chen, Xiang Tao ^a,b   Yang, Bin ^c   Ma, Fang Li ^d   Wang, Shu ^a   Tang, Ming Liang ^a   Hao, Ming Gao ^e   Ruan, Di Yun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c Anhui Provincial Committee Hospital   (China)

^d Nanfang Lee Kum Kee Co Ltd   (China)

^e Anhui Inst of Trad Chinese Med   (China)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Blood lead levels; Case control study

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CHINESE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHINA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 55949128897     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11400     Document Type: Article

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