November 21, 2012 | American Journal of Public Health
Nanhua Zhang and Hamisu Salihu are with Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Florida, Tampa. Harolyn W. Baker is with MPRO, Michigan’s Quality Improvement Organization, Farmington Hills. Margaret Tufts is with the Office of Health Information, Planning, Policy, Evaluation and Research, Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion, Detroit, MI. Randall E. Raymond is with Detroit Public Schools—Office of Research, Evaluation, Assessment and Accountability, Detroit, MI. Michael R. Elliott is with the Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
ABSTRACT
Objectives. We assessed the long-term effect of early childhood lead exposure on academic achievement in mathematics, science, and reading among elementary and junior high school children. [...]