Inverse association of intellectual function with very low blood lead but not with manganese exposure in Italian adolescents

Environmental Research

Volumn 118, Issue , 2012, Pages 65-71

  Lucchini, Roberto G ^a,b   Zoni, Silvia ^b   Guazzetti, Stefano ^c   Bontempi, Elza ^b   Micheletti, Serena ^d   Broberg, Karin ^e   Parrinello, Giovanni ^b   Smith, Donald R ^f  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c Public Health Service   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Cognitive functions; Lead; Manganese

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LEAD; MANGANESE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE;

ADOLESCENCE; BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; COGNITION; LEAD; MANGANESE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; ITALY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; ITALY; LEAD; MALE;

ITALY;

EID: 84866014309     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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