Neighborhood psychosocial hazards and the association of cumulative lead dose with cognitive function in older adults

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 683-692

  Glass, Thomas A ^a   Bandeen Roche, Karen ^a   McAtee, Matthew ^a   Bolla, Karen ^a,b   Todd, Andrew C ^c   Schwartz, Brian S ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Cohort studies; Lead; Residence characteristics; Socioeconomic factors; Urban population

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM 109; LEAD;

ADULT; AGING; CADMIUM; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; LEAD; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENT POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; EVALUATION; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIBIA; TIME; UNITED STATES; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

AGED; BALTIMORE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61449177945     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn390     Document Type: Article

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