Childhood Lead Exposure Is Associated With Decreased Brain Volume In Adults

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - 10:21 in Health & Medicine

Childhood exposure to lead is associated with shrinking of specific parts of the brain in adulthood, finds a new study. Scientists studied the association between exposure to lead in the uterus and during early childhood and brain volume in adulthood.

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