Intellectual impairment in school-age children exposed to manganese from drinking water

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 138-143

  Bouchard, Maryse F ^a,b   Sauvé, Sébastien ^c   Barbeau, Benoit ^d   Legrand, Melissa ^e   Brodeur, Marie Ève ^a   Bouffard, Thérèse ^a   Limoges, Elyse ^f   Bellinger, David C ^g   Mergler, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

^f LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Intellectual quotient; Manganese; Neurotoxicity; Water

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; MANGANESE; TAP WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 78751494268     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002321     Document Type: Article

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