Papers/PMID:23570911
Association of arsenic, cadmium and manganese exposure with neurodevelopment and behavioural disorders in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
The Science of the total environment2013The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint
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Mn(2+) — decreases child IQ (across unharmonised instruments)
Very limitedEvidence strength: very limited. Human evidence with major recorded weaknesses, or non-human, uncontrolled or unverified evidence.Finding“Moreover a 50% increase of manganese levels in hair would be associated with a decrease of 0.7 points in the IQ of children aged 6-13 years.”
Quoted verbatim from Association of arsenic, cadmium and manganese exposure with neurodevelopment and behavioural disorders in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. - Study
- meta-analysis
- Population
- Children aged 6-13 years; pooled observational studies relating hair manganese level to IQ
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