Cognitive deficits and ALA-D-inhibition in children exposed to multiple metals

Environmental Research

Volumn 136, Issue , 2015, Pages 387-395

  do Nascimento, Sabrina N ^a   Barth, Anelise ^a   Göethel, Gabriela ^a   Baierle, Marília ^a   Charão, Mariele F ^a   Brucker, Natália ^a,b   Moro, Angela M ^a,c   Bubols, Guilherme B ^a   Sobreira, Johanna S ^a   Sauer, Elisa ^a   Rocha, Rafael ^d   Gioda, Adriana ^b   Dias, Ana Cristina ^c,d   Salles, Jerusa F ^a   Garcia, Solange C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ALA inhibition; Cognitive deficits; Metals; Rural children; Urban children

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; DRINKING WATER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE;

CHILD HEALTH; COGNITION; DRINKING WATER; METAL; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCENTRATION CAMP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REACTIVATION; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; RAVEN COLORED PROGRESSIVE MATRICES TEST; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXICITY;

CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84911892561     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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