Association of Childhood Lead Exposure With Adult Personality Traits and Lifelong Mental Health
Author(s) -
Aaron Reuben,
Jonathan D. Schaefer,
Terrie E. Moffitt,
Jonathan M. Broadbent,
HonaLee Harrington,
Renate Houts,
Sandhya Ramrakha,
Richie Poulton,
Avshalom Caspi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
jama psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.531
H-Index - 365
eISSN - 2168-6238
pISSN - 2168-622X
DOI - 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.4192
Subject(s) - psychopathology , psychology , cohort , conscientiousness , neuroticism , big five personality traits , population , mental health , cohort study , clinical psychology , personality , medicine , extraversion and introversion , psychiatry , environmental health , social psychology
Millions of adults now entering middle age were exposed to high levels of lead, a developmental neurotoxin, as children. Although childhood lead exposure has been linked to disrupted behavioral development, the long-term consequences for adult mental and behavioral health have not been fully characterized.
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