Early-life cadmium exposure and child development in 5-year-old girls and boys: A cohort study in rural Bangladesh

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1462-1468

  Kippler, Maria ^a   Tofail, Fahmida ^a,b   Hamadani, Jena D ^b   Gardner, Renee M ^a   Grantham McGregor, Sally M ^c   Bottai, Matteo ^a   Vahter, Marie ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cadmium exposure; Child IQ; Development; Food pollutant; Neurotoxicity; Prenatal; Urine

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; FOLIC ACID; IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUPPLEMENTATION; URINALYSIS; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CADMIUM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; WECHSLER SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867184457     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104431     Document Type: Article

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