Low Level Lead Exposures and IQ

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-6-11-1

Keywords:

Lead Encephalopathy, Blood Lead Levels, Free Erythrocyte Protoporphyrin

Abstract

The Port Pirie cohort study which began in 1979 at the Department of Community Medicine, University of Adelaide, Australia, has been followed into the primary school age range and examines intelligence at the age of 7 years in relation to lifetime exposure to lead.

Published

1992-11-01

Issue

Section

Toxic and Substance Use Disorders