Cumulative lead dose and cognitive function in older adults

Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 831-839

  Bandeen Roche, Karen ^a,b   Glass, Thomas A ^a   Bolla, Karen I ^a,b   Todd, Andrew C ^a,c   Schwartz, Brian S ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE LEVEL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COORDINATION DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIBIA; UNITED STATES; VERBAL MEMORY;

AGED; BALTIMORE; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, ADULT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIBIA;

EID: 74549123304     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181b5f100     Document Type: Article

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