A cross-sectional study of well water arsenic and child IQ in Maine schoolchildren

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wasserman, Gail A ^a,b   Liu, Xinhua ^c   LoIacono, Nancy J ^c   Kline, Jennie ^b,c   Factor Litvak, Pam ^c   Van Geen, Alexander ^d   Mey, Jacob L ^d,e   Levy, Diane ^c   Abramson, Richard ^f   Schwartz, Amy ^g   Graziano, Joseph H ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f Formerly with Readfield   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Child intelligence; Well water; WISC IV; Working Memory

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; WELL WATER;

ARSENIC; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; EDUCATION; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; SIBLING; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOME; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAINE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WATER CONTAMINATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTELLIGENCE TEST; NAIL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

BANGLADESH; MAINE; UNITED STATES;

ARSENIC; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MAINE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NAILS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84988697003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-13-23     Document Type: Article

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