Neuropsychological Development in Preschooler Children with chronic lead exposure residents in Callao-Peru

Authors

  • M. Guerrero
  • D. Guillén
  • L. Sato

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61651/rped.2011v64n2p09-15

Keywords:

Lead, Poisoning, Child, Environmental Health

Abstract

Objectives: To determine the relation between lead level and neurodevelopment according to the age of preschooler children of Callao.

Materials and methods: Observational and transversal study made in 2005. It Included preschooler children whose level of lead was already determinate in blood, by the Test of Children Neuropsychological Maturity.

Results: A hundred and twenty children with known seric lead level were evaluated. The neuropsychological development was the lowest in children with the highest lead level (>20 ug/dl), inversely proportional in the three groups studied. We observed major differences between groups, both verbal and non verbal areas.

Conclusions: Chronicenvironmentalleadintoxication occurred in early age with de highest level of 20 ug/ dl influences negatively in the Neuropsychological development in children under the age of six.

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Author Biographies

M. Guerrero

Bióloga, Psicóloga. Centro para la Sostenibilidad Ambiental – Fundación Cayetano Heredia. Profesor de la Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola. Lima, Perú.

D. Guillén

Neurólogo Pediatra, Profesor Principal de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Lima, Perú.

L. Sato

Bióloga. Centro para la Sostenibilidad Ambiental – Fundación Cayetano Heredia. Lima, Perú.

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Published

2011-12-31

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Guerrero M, Guillén D, Sato L. Neuropsychological Development in Preschooler Children with chronic lead exposure residents in Callao-Peru. Rev Peru Pediatr [Internet]. 2011 Dec. 31 [cited 2024 Oct. 17];64(2):09-15. Available from: https://pediatria.pe/index.php/pedperu/article/view/482

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Vol. 64 Num. 2 (2011)

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