Environmental exposure to lead, but not other neurotoxic metals, relates to core elements of ADHD in Romanian children: Performance and questionnaire data'Study approval: This study has been reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the "Romanian College of Physiciansthom

Environmental Research

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 476-483

  Nicolescu, Rodica ^a   Petcu, Cristian ^b   Cordeanu, Aurelia ^a   Fabritius, Klaus ^a   Schlumpf, Margret ^c   Krebs, Rolf ^d   Krämer, Ursula ^e   Winneke, Gerhard ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Romania)

^b Resident Physician   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^e HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADHD; Attention performance; Children; Lead; Neurotoxic metals; Parents; Questionnaire; Romania; Teachers

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL;

BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEAD; NEUROLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TOXICITY; TRACE METAL;

ALUMINUM BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERCURY BLOOD LEVEL; METAL INDUSTRY; NEUROTOXICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROMANIA; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL;

ALUMINUM; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; MERCURY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROMANIA;

ROMANIA;

EID: 77953611931     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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