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Neurological and Psychomotor Functions in Children with an Increased Lead Burden

Author(s) -

Siegfried M. Pueschel

Publication year - 1974

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.74713

Subject(s) - psychomotor learning , pediatrics , neurological examination , psychomotor disorder , medicine , lead exposure , lead (geology) , motor skill , intellectual impairment , psychology , psychiatry , audiology , cognition , cats , geomorphology , geology

Fifty-eight children with an increased lead burden underwent comprehensive investigations and were reevaluated 1(1/2) to 3 years later. Of these children 23-27% were noted to have minor neurological dysfunction and various forms of motor impairment during each evaluation. While the initial psychological assessment revealed low average mental abilities in the majority of children, during follow-up examination a significant increase in certain areas of intellectual functioning was observed.

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