Early Postnatal Blood Manganese Levels and Children's Neurodevelopment

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Birgit Claus Henn · Harvard University

Adrienne S. Ettinger · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Joel Schwartz · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Martha María Téllez‐Rojo · National Institute of Public Health

Héctor Lamadrid‐Figueroa · National Institute of Public Health

Mauricio Hernández‐Ávila · Ministry of Health

Lourdes Schnaas

Abstract

These results suggest a possible biphasic dose-response relationship between early-life manganese exposure at lower exposure levels and infant neurodevelopment. The data are consistent with manganese as both an essential nutrient and a toxicant.

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Published in: Epidemiology

Volume 21, Issue 4, pp. 433-439

DOI: 10.1097/ede.0b013e3181df8e52

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