Surface dental enamel lead levels and antisocial behavior in Brazilian adolescents

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 273-279

  Olympio, Kelly P K ^a   Oliveira, Pedro V ^a   Naozuka, Juliana ^a   Cardoso, Maria R A ^a   Marques, Antonio F ^b   Günther, Wanda M R ^a   Bechara, Etelvino J H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

5 Aminolevulinic acid; Antisocial behavior; Dental enamel biopsy; Juvenile delinquency; Lead poisoning; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LEAD; PHOSPHORUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY BURDEN; BRAZIL; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; ENAMEL; FEMALE; GRAPHITE FURNACE ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; HUMAN; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEAD POISONING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SPECTROMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAZIL; COMORBIDITY; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; MALE; PHOSPHORUS; POVERTY AREAS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 77649269950     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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