Intellectual function in Mexican children living in a mining area and environmentally exposed to manganese

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1465-1470

  Riojas Rodríguez, Horacio ^a   Solís Vivanco, Rodolfo ^b   Schilmann, Astrid ^a   Montes, Sergio ^b   Rodríguez, Sandra ^a   Ríos, Camilo ^b   Rodríguez Agudelo, Yaneth ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Children; Environmental exposure; IQ; Manganese; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MANGANESE; MEXICO; MINING;

EID: 77957911237     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901229     Document Type: Article

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