Age of Greatest Susceptibility to Childhood Lead Exposure: A New Statistical Approach

BACKGROUND: Susceptibility to lead toxicity is often assumed to be greatest during early childhood (e.g., 2 years of age), but recent studies suggest that blood lead concentrations (BPb) taken at 5–7 years of age are more strongly associated with IQ. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to determine the age of great...

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Autores principales: Hornung, Richard W., Lanphear, Bruce P., Dietrich, Kim N.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2009
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2721877/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19672413
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.0800426

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2721877/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19672413
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.0800426

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