Environmental Exposure to Lead and Children's Intelligence at the Age of Seven Years
- 29 October 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 327 (18) , 1279-1284
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199210293271805
Abstract
Exposure to lead in early childhood is thought to result in delayed neuropsychological development. As yet there is little longitudinal evidence to establish whether these effects persist into later childhood.Keywords
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