The relationship between mental retardation and developmental delays in children and the levels of arsenic, mercury and lead in soil samples taken near their mother's residence during pregnancy

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 116-123

  Liu, Yuan ^a   McDermott, Suzanne ^b   Lawson, Andrew ^a   Marjorie Aelion, C ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Kriging; Maternal residence; Mental retardation developmental delay; Nonlinear; Soil arsenic

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SOIL;

ARSENIC; BAYES THEOREM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MERCURY; METALS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SOIL;

EID: 77649238724     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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