Elevated manganese and cognitive performance in school-aged children and their mothers

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 156-163

  Menezes Filho, José A ^a,b   Novaes, Cristiane de O ^b   Moreira, Josino C ^b   Sarcinelli, Paula N ^b   Mergler, Donna ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alloy plant; Children; Intelligence; Manganese; Neurobehavioral

Indexed keywords

LEAD; MANGANESE;

AGE; ALLOY; BIOINDICATOR; BIRTH DATE; BLOOD; CHILD; COGNITION; HAIR; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; MANGANESE; NEUROLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CAREGIVER; CHILD; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GRAPHITE FURNACE ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

BRAZIL; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE POISONING; MOTHERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

BRAZIL;

EID: 78751630398     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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