Prenatal and postnatal lead exposure and cognitive development of infants followed over the first three years of life: A prospective birth study in the Pearl River Delta region, China

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 326-334

  Liu, Jian'an ^a   Chen, Yajun ^a   Gao, Dingguo ^a   Jing, Jin ^a   Hu, Qiansheng ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cognitive development infants; Prenatal and postnatal lead exposure; Prospective birth study

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHINA; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTHER; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PILOT STUDY; POSTNATAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS BLOOD; PREGNANCY; ADULT; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; MENTAL DEVELOPMENTAL INDEX; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NURTURING BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENTAL INDEX;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84907300924     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: 18729711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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