Low level prenatal blood lead adversely affects early childhood mental development

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1305-1311

  Vigeh, Mohsen ^a,b   Yokoyama, Kazuhito ^b   Matsukawa, Takehisa ^b   Shinohara, Atsuko ^c   Ohtani, Katsumi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Seisen University   (Japan)

Author keywords

children; lead; mental development; prenatal; prenatal lead exposure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; FETUS BLOOD; FOLLOW UP; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907662513     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073813516999     Document Type: Article

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