Neurotoxicity and aggressiveness triggered by low-level lead in children: a review Neurotoxicidad y agresividad desencadenadas por bajos niveles de plomo en niños: una revisión

• Main Authors: Kelly Polido Kaneshiro Olympio, Claudia Gonçalves, Wanda Maria Risso Günther, Etelvino José Henriques Bechara
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization 2009
• Subjects: Intoxicación por plomo; síndrome de neurotoxicidad; estrés oxidativo; delincuencia juvenil; Lead poisoning; neurotoxicity syndromes; oxidative stress; juvenile delinquency; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Bajos
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/9c0f5c56b385449ea47e1188607991e9

Lead-induced neurotoxicity acquired by low-level long-term exposure has special relevance for children. A plethora of recent reports has demonstrated a direct link between low-level lead exposure and deficits in the neurobehavioral-cognitive performance manifested from childhood through adolescence....