Children's blood lead and standardized test performance response as indicators of neurotoxicity in metropolitan New Orleans elementary schools

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 888-897

  Zahran, S ^a   Mielke, H W ^b,c   Weiler, S ^a   Berry, K J ^a   Gonzales, C ^d  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Tulane University   (United States)

^d XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluoridated water; High stakes testing; Racial demography; School achievement test scores; Soil lead; Student teacher ratio

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, CHILDHOOD; MALE; NEW ORLEANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 71049141285     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2009.07.017     Document Type: Article

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