Early lead exposure (<3 years old) prospectively predicts fourth grade school suspension in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (USA)

Environmental Research

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 60-65

  Amato, Michael S ^a   Magzamen, Sheryl ^b,c   Imm, Pamela ^b,d   Havlena, Jeffrey A ^b   Anderson, Henry A ^d   Kanarek, Marty S ^a,b   Moore, Colleen F ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Discipline gap; Disparities; Lead exposure; School discipline; School suspension

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CHILD HEALTH; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; STUDENT;

ACADEMIC FAILURE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY DEFENSIVENESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

MILWAUKEE; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

BLOOD LEAD; DISCIPLINE GAP; DISPARITIES; LEAD EXPOSURE; SCHOOL DISCIPLINE; SCHOOL SUSPENSION;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS; URBAN POPULATION; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84885857545     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2013.07.008     Document Type: Article

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