Association of blood lead level with cognitive performance and general intelligence of urban school children in ten cities of India

• Main Authors: Divas Kumar (Author), Shally Awasthi (Author), Shweta Singh (Author), Girdhar G. Agarwal (Author), Anuj Kumar Pandey (Author), Abbas Ali Mahdi (Author), Thekkumkara Surendran Anish (Author), A.R. Somashekar (Author), Sonali Kar (Author), Suma Nair (Author), Joseph L. Mathew (Author), Mushtaq A. Bhat (Author), B.N. Mahanta (Author), Kuldeep Singh (Author), C.M. Singh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Lead is toxic to children and effects the cognitive development. The primary objective was to assess the association of blood lead level (BLL) with cognitive performance and general intelligence, of urban school going children aged 6-16 years from ten cities of India. Secondary objective...