Postnatal cadmium exposure, neurodevelopment, and blood pressure in children at 2, 5, and 7 years of age

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1580-1586

  Cao, Yang ^a,b   Chen, Aimin ^c   Radcliffe, Jerilynn ^d   Dietrich, Kim N ^e   Jones, Robert L ^f   Caldwell, Kathleen ^f   Rogan, Walter J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Blood pressure; Cadmium; Children; Clinical trial; Intelligence; Neurodevelopment

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD; PLACEBO; SUCCIMER;

AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CADMIUM POISONING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROTOXICITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CADMIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 70449587209     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0900765     Document Type: Article

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