intrauterine pollutionleadschizophrenia
Prenatal Lead Exposure, -Aminolevulinic Acid, and Schizophrenia
Autor(en)
Mark G. A. Opler, Alan S. Brown, Joseph Graziano, Manisha Desai, Wei Zheng, Catherine Schaefer, Pamela Factor-Litvak, and Ezra S. Susser
Veröffentlichungsdatum
2004
Ort der Sudie
USA
Abstract
The authors tested stored blood samples collected from expectant California mothers between 1959 and 1966. They compared the blood lead levels of 44 women whose children went on to develop schizophrenia with 75 others whose children did not. Offspring of mothers whose blood topped 150 micrograms of lead per litre were twice as likely to develop schizophrenia as those whose blood levels were below this threshold.
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