Pre-natal and early life lead exposure and childhood inhibitory control: an item response theory approach to improve measurement precision of inhibitory control

• Main Authors: Shelley H. Liu (Author), Yitong Chen (Author), David Bellinger (Author), Erik de Water (Author), Megan Horton (Author), Martha M. Téllez-Rojo (Author), Robert Wright (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Neurodevelopmental performance tasks are often separately analyzed, even when they tap into a similar construct. This may yield mixed findings for associations of an exposure-neurobehavioral outcome. We develop an item response theory (IRT) approach to integrate multiple task var...