Intellectual Impairment in Children with Blood Lead Concentrations below 10 μg per Deciliter
Author(s) -
Richard L. Canfield,
Charles Henderson,
Deborah A. CorySlechta,
Christopher Cox,
Todd A. Jusko,
Bruce P. Lanphear
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa022848
Subject(s) - medicine , lead (geology) , confounding , blood lead level , liter , intelligence quotient , confidence interval , lead exposure , tasa , pediatrics , psychiatry , cats , cognition , geomorphology , geology
Despite dramatic declines in children's blood lead concentrations and a lowering of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's level of concern to 10 microg per deciliter (0.483 micromol per liter), little is known about children's neurobehavioral functioning at lead concentrations below this level.
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