Relationship between blood manganese levels and children's attention, cognition, behavior, and academic performance-A nationwide cross-sectional study

Environmental Research

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-16

  Bhang, Soo Young ^a,b   Cho, Soo Churl ^c   Kim, Jae Won ^c   Hong, Yun Chul ^c   Shin, Min Sup ^c   Yoo, Hee Jeong ^d   Cho, In Hee ^e   Kim, Yeni ^f   Kim, Bung Nyun ^c  

^a Eulji General Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Suicide and School Mental Health Institute   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^e Gachon University   (South Korea)

^f Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Academic function; Attention; Children; Manganese

Indexed keywords

COTININE; LEAD; MANGANESE;

BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; COGNITION; DISABILITY; LEARNING; MANGANESE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; URINE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CALCULATION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANGANESE BLOOD LEVEL; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RATING SCALE; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTH KOREA; STROOP TEST; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THINKING; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

SOUTH KOREA;

ACADEMIC FUNCTION; ATTENTION; CHILDREN; MANGANESE;

ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANGANESE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84885860053     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2013.05.006     Document Type: Article

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