Lead Intoxication in Children with Autism
Abstract
The incidence of reexposure to lead poisoning in 17 children with pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), including autism, compared to a randomly selected group of 30 children without PDD who were treated for plumbism over the same six year period, was evaluated by a retrospective chart review at the lead treatment program, Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Poison Control System, Boston, MA.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-10-5-12 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482
Language: English
Page range: 39 - 40
Published on: May 1, 1996
Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1996 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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