Low-level environmental lead exposure in childhood and adult intellectual function: A follow-up study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Mazumdar, Maitreyi ^a,b   Bellinger, David C ^a,b   Gregas, Matthew ^a   Abanilla, Kathleen ^a   Bacic, Janine ^a   Needleman, Herbert L ^c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; AGE CLASS; BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLECT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; BLOOD; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BOSTON; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEAD; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 79953083453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-10-24     Document Type: Article

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