Exposure to Lead, Tobacco Smoke Elevates ADHD Risk in Kids

by Sreeraman on  November 24, 2009 at 8:04 PM Child Health News
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Children with blood lead levels in the top third had a 2.3times more chance of ADHD.

And those children who had had exposure to both lead and tobacco had almost 8 times higher possibility of ADHD than unexposed kids.

Maternal reports of cigarette use were used to measure the child's prenatal exposure to tobacco, while current blood lead level was used for gauging the lead exposure.

The study will appear online in Pediatrics.

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