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Lead exposure and the 2010 achievement test scores of children in New York counties

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 2012
Background Lead is toxic to cognitive and behavioral functioning in children even at levels well below those producing physical symptoms. Continuing efforts in the U.S.
Strayhorn Jillian C, Strayhorn Joseph M
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Ataxia and Early Lead Exposure

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1996
The effect of chronic exposure to lead on postural balance was studied in 162 six-year-old children examined in the Department of Environmental Health, and Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati Medical School, Cincinnati, OH.
J Gordon Millichap
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Lead Exposure and Motor Development

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1993
The neuromotor assessment of 245 six-year-old urban inner-city children enrolled in the Cincinnati Lead Study is reported from the Departments of Environmental Health and Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and the Children’s ...
J Gordon Millichap
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Lead Exposure: Inappropriate Screening Practices?

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1994
Physician screening practices at a hospital-based, university-affiliated pediatric primary care center serving an urban high-risk population in Rochester, NY were evaluated to determine the feasibility of the 1991 Centers for Disease Control guidelines.
J Gordon Millichap
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EFFECT OF TRANSPLACENTAL-FETAL BARRIER AND LACTATIONAL TRANSFER OF LEAD ON PROLACTIN GENE EXPRESSION, DNA FRAGMENTATION AND CHANGES IN THE BRAIN OF EXPOSED MOTHERS AND THEIR OFFSPRING IN ALBINO RATS [PDF]

Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal, 2015
The present study was conducted to report the effect of prenatal and postnatal treatment of lead (Pb) on some antioxidant defense system in cerebrum and cerebellum of dams and of their foeti, histopathological lesions and DNA fragmentation in brain of ...
A.A. KHALAF, BR. ABDEL–HALIM, WALAA A. MOSELHY, MARWA A. IBRAHIM   +3 more
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Trends of Blood Lead Levels in US Pregnant Women: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2001–2018)

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
ObjectivesThis study investigates the trends of blood lead levels in US pregnant women based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2001 to 2018.MethodsA total of 1,230 pregnant women were included in this study.
Jing Wang, Yujie Yang, Juan Zhang, Na Liu, Huifang Xi, Hong Liang   +5 more
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Lead exposure in adult males in urban Transvaal Province, South Africa during the apartheid era

, 2013
Human exposure to lead is a substantial public health hazard worldwide and is particularly problematic in the Republic of South Africa given the country’s late cessation of leaded petrol. Lead exposure is associated with a number of serious health issues
Cooper, Matthew J., Cooper Matthew J., Schutkowski, Holger, Trueman, C., Hess Catherine A., Holger Schutkowski, Clive N. Trueman, Matthew J Cooper, Clive N Trueman, Martin J. Smith, Smith Martin J., Smith, M.J., Catherine A Hess, Catherine A. Hess, Hess, Catherine, Trueman Clive N., Martin J Smith, Cooper, M.J., Schutkowski Holger, Smith, Martin J., Matthew J. Cooper, Hess, Catherine A., Trueman, Clive N.   +22 more
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Evaluation and management of lead exposure [PDF]

Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2015
Lead, which is widely used in industry, is a common element found in low concentrations in the Earth's crust. Implementations to reduce environmental lead concentrations have resulted in a considerable reduction of lead levels in the environment (air) and a sustained reduction in the blood lead levels of the average citizen.
Kim, Hwan-Cheol, Jang, Tae-Won, Chae, Hong-Jae, Choi, Won-Jun, Ha, Mi-Na, Ye, Byeong-Jin, Kim, Byoung-Gwon, Jeon, Man-Joong, Kim, Se-Yeong, Hong, Young-Seoub   +9 more
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European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
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Chronic Stress and Cardiovascular Disease among Individuals Exposed to Lead: A Pilot Study

Diseases, 2020
Chronic stress and cardiovascular disease risk were explored in a predominately middle-aged adult population exposed to elevated lead levels in this cross-sectional study using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from ...
Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi, Barnabas Obeng-Gyasi   +1 more
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