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Inverse correlation of regional brain volume with mean childhood blood lead level for the Cincinnati Lead Study Participants

The relationship of individual brain volume with mean childhood blood lead concentrations within a medial frontal cluster is illustrated by this plot. The model is adjusted for age at time of scanning and birth weight. (Source: Cecil KM, Brubaker CJ, Adler CM, et al. Decreased brain volume in adults with childhood lead exposure. PLoS Med 2008;5[5]:e112. Creative Commons Attribution License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0.)

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