Biological Psychiatry
Volume 63, Issue 3 , Pages 325-331, 1 February 2008

Low Blood Lead Levels Associated with Clinically Diagnosed Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Mediated by Weak Cognitive Control

  • Joel T. Nigg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Joel T. Nigg, Ph.D., 115 Psychology Building, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI 48824-1116
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  • G. Mark Knottnerus

      Affiliations

    • State of Michigan Department of Community Health, Bureau of Labs, Lansing, Michigan
  • ,
  • Michelle M. Martel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing
  • ,
  • Molly Nikolas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing
  • ,
  • Kevin Cavanagh

      Affiliations

    • State of Michigan Department of Community Health, Bureau of Labs, Lansing, Michigan
  • ,
  • Wilfried Karmaus

      Affiliations

    • University of South Carolina, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Columbia, South Carolina.
  • ,
  • Marsha D. Rappley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Michigan State University, East Lansing

Received 30 March 2007; received in revised form 1 July 2007; accepted 3 July 2007. published online 17 September 2007.

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 This work was supported by R21 MH 070542 (PI: JTN) and by an MSU HBRI grant for data collection and laboratory analyses and by funding from CDC via Public Health Preparedness and Response for Bioterrorism to Michigan Department of Community Health that partially supported the laboratory analysis.

 All authors report no biomedical financial interests or potential conflicts of interest.

PII: S0006-3223(07)00675-0

doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2007.07.013

Biological Psychiatry
Volume 63, Issue 3 , Pages 325-331, 1 February 2008