Assessing windows of susceptibility to lead-induced cognitive deficits in Mexican children

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1040-1047

  Braun, Joe M ^a   Hoffman, Elaine ^a   Schwartz, Joel ^a   Sanchez, Brisa ^b   Schnaas, Lourdes ^c   Mercado Garcia, Adriana ^d   Solano Gonzalez, Maritsa ^d   Bellinger, David C ^a   Lanphear, Bruce P ^e   Hu, Howard ^b   Tellez Rojo, Martha M ^d   Wright, Robert O ^a,f   Hernandez Avila, Mauricio ^g  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g Ministry of Health   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Children; Cognitive abilities; Epidemiology; Lead; Windows of development

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL COGNITIVE INDEX; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEXICO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEXICO; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867234119     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: 18729711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2012.04.022     Document Type: Article

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