Lead exposure and attention regulation in children living in poverty

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 825-831

  Davis, Deborah Winders ^a,d   Chang, Florence ^b   Burns, Barbara ^a   Robinson, Julia ^a   Dossett, Dena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Jefferson County Public Schools   (United States)

^d Neonatal Follow up Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOREGULATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LEAD; MALE; SELF EFFICACY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 9244234530     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162204001446     Document Type: Article

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