Lead, mercury, and cadmium exposure and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children

Environmental Research

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 105-110

  Kim, Stephani ^a   Arora, Monica ^b   Fernandez, Cristina ^b   Landero, Julio ^c   Caruso, Joseph ^c   Chen, Aimin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Cadmium; Case control study; Heavy metals; Lead; Mercury

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; BLOOD; CADMIUM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STRATIFICATION;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BLOOD LEVEL; CADMIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL SMOKING; MERCURY BLOOD LEVEL; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS;

NEBRASKA; OMAHA; UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADHD; AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY; AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION; AMERICAN SMELTING AND REFINING COMPANY; APA; ASARCO; ATSDR; ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER; BLL; BLOOD LEAD LEVEL; CADMIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDY; CD; CDC; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION; CHEER; CHILDREN′S HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH; CI; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DDW; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS, 4TH EDITION; DOUBLE DEIONIZED WATER; DSM-IV; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE; EPA; ETS; GEOMETRIC MEAN; GM; HEAVY METALS; HG; ICP-MS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEAD; LEAD INVESTIGATION AREA; LIA; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LOD; MERCURY; NATIONAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY; NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST; NE; NEBRASKA; NHANES; NPL; ODDS RATIO; OR; PARTS PER BILLION; PB; PPB; SES; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SRM; STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIAL;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; POISONING;

EID: 84885839524     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2013.08.008     Document Type: Article

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