Blood Lead (Pb) Levels: Further Evidence for an Environmental Mechanism Explaining the Association Between Socioeconomic Status and Psychophysiological Dysregulation in Children

Health Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 614-620

  Gump, Brooks B ^a   Reihman, Jacki ^a   Stewart, Paul ^a   Lonky, Ed ^a   Granger, Douglas A ^b   Matthews, Karen A ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

children; cortisol; environmental toxicants; lead; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; LEAD;

ACUTE STRESS; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AROUSAL; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW YORK; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 70350514763     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015611     Document Type: Article

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