Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Residual cognitive deficits 50 years after lead poisoning during chilhood

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Residual cognitive deficits 50 years after lead poisoning during chilhood / Roberta F. White... [et al.]

Sumario: The long term neurobehavioural consequences of chilhood lead poisoning are not known. In this study adult subjets with a documented history of lead poisoning before age 4 and matched controls were examined with an abbreviated battery of neuropsychological tests including measures of attention, reasoning, memory, motor speed, and current mood. The subjets exposed to lead were inferior to controls on almost all of the cognitive tasks. This pattern of widespread deficits resembles that found in children evaluated at the time of acute exposure to lead rather than the more circumscribed pattern typically seen in adults exposed to lead. Despite having completed as many years of schooling as controls, the subjects exposed to lead were lower in lifetime occupational status. Within the exposed group, performance on the neuropsychological battery and occupational status were related, consistent with the presumed impact of limitations in neuropsychological functioning on everyday life

En: British journal of industrial medicine. - London and Margate. - nº 7, July 1993 ; p. 613-622

1. Medicina . 2. Toxicología . 3. Intoxicaciones . 4. Infancia . 5. Epidemiología . 6. Fisiología . I. White, Roberta F. . II. Título. III. Título: British journal of industrial medicine.