Cognitive development and low-level lead exposure in poly-drug exposed children

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 225-231

  Min, Meeyoung O ^a   Singer, Lynn T ^a   Kirchner, H Lester ^a,b   Minnes, Sonia ^a   Short, Elizabeth ^c   Hussain, Zehra ^d   Nelson, Suchitra ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Lead; Prenatal drug exposure; Restricted cubic splines; School achievement

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE; LEAD;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MECONIUM; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, CHILDHOOD; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; STREET DRUGS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 67349114916     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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