摘 要: | INTRODUCTIONLead(Pb' )poisoningremainsasignificantpublichealthproblemtochildrenbecauseofitsneurotoxicity.Inhumans,exposureleadingtobloodPb2 levelsaslow'as1OUg/1oOmlhasbeenshowntocausesignificantimpairmentofcognitivefunc-tions'andsignificantdelaysinbehavioraldevelopment(Bellingeretal.,1989;DavisandSvendsgaard,1987;NeedlemanandGatsonis,199O).Similarly,animalstudieshaveindicatedthatexposuretolowlevelsofPb2 duringdevelopmentproducescogni-tivedysfunctioninthepresenceofbloodPb2 valuesof15-…
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