Executive functions in school children from Montevideo, Uruguay and their associations with concurrent low-level arsenic exposure

Objective: Arsenic is a known childhood neurotoxicant, but its neurotoxicity at low exposure levels is still not well established. The aim of our cross-sectional study was to test the association between low-level arsenic exposure and executive functions (EF) among children in Montevideo. We also as...

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Main Authors: Gauri Desai, Gabriel Barg, Marie Vahter, Elena I. Queirolo, Fabiana Peregalli, Nelly Mañay, Amy E. Millen, Jihnhee Yu, Katarzyna Kordas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:Environment International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020318389