@article{ref1,
title="Long term consequences among children exposed to lead poisoning",
journal="Revista Medica de Chile",
year="2009",
author="Coria, Carolina and Cabello, Aurora and Tassara, Enzo and Lopez, Eduardo and Rosales, Hugo and Perez, M. and Zavala, Claudia and Muñoz, P. and Orellana, Gabriel and Lnostroza, MI and Contreras, Lorena and Kirsten, Lilian",
volume="137",
number="8",
pages="1037-1044",
abstract="Background: In 1996 there was a massive lead poisoning in a southern rural community in Chile. The contamination source was a mill whose grinding stone was repaired with lead and contaminated the flour. Aim: To assess the presence of sequelae ten years later, among subjects that were exposed to lead on that occasion. Material and methods: Cross sectional study of 77 individuals (47 males), aged 10 to 25 years, that were exposed to lead in 1996 and were treated with EDTA. Results: Twenty one percent of subjects had a subnormal intellingence quotient (IQ). The risk of having a low IQ was significantly higher among those exposed before the age of six years. IQ was significantly lower among subjects that, immediately after the exposure, had a lead level over 48 fig/dl, compared with those that had a lead level below 43 fig/dl (86.7+/-7.3 and 93+/-11.6 respectively). No subjects with high blood pressure or evidences of nephrotoxicity were detected. Conclusions: Subjects aged inverted exclamation markess than six years at the moment of lead exposure had a lower IQ when assessed ten years later.<p /> <p>Language: es</p>",
language="es",
issn="0034-9887",
doi="/S0034-98872009000800006",
url="http://dx.doi.org//S0034-98872009000800006"
}