The association between arsenic and children's intelligence: A meta-analysis

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 88-93

  Dong, Ju ^a   Su, Shi Yue ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b Chuzhou People's Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenicosis; Intelligence quotient; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CHINESE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; META ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ARSENIC; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67650498951     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-008-8298-1     Document Type: Article

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