Association between blood lead levels (<5μg/dL) and inattention-hyperactivity and neurocognitive profiles in school-aged Korean children

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 5737-5743

  Kim, Yeni ^a,d   Cho, Soo Churl ^a,d   Kim, Bung Nyun ^a,d   Hong, Yun Chul ^a   Shin, Min Sup ^a,d   Yoo, Hee Jeong ^b   Kim, Jae Won ^a,d   Bhang, Soo Young ^c  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Ulsan University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Children; Hyperactivity; Inattention; Lead; Learning

Indexed keywords

BLOOD LEAD; BLOOD LEAD LEVELS; CHILDREN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER; INATTENTION; LEARNING; LEARNING DIFFICULTIES; LEARNING DISABILITIES; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIOS; OMISSION ERRORS; PERFORMANCE TESTS; RATING SCALE;

COLOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BLOOD;

LEAD;

BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; CHILD HEALTH; COGNITION; DISABILITY; LEAD; LEARNING; MENTAL HEALTH;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER RATING SCALE; CHILD; CHILDREN COLOR TRAILS TEST; COGNITION; CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; KOREA; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEARNING DISABILITY EVALUATION SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; READING; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SPELLING; STROOP COLOR AND WORD TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WRITING;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; LEAD; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POPULATION; SCHOOLS;

KOREA;

EID: 77958105924     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.07.070     Document Type: Article

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