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	Document type :	Scientific congresses and symposiums : Paper published in a book
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Theoretical & cognitive psychology
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/4995

Title :	Psychometrical performance of young belgian boys with unusual lead absorption : A pilot study
Language :	English
Alternative title :	[fr] performance psychométrique de jeunes enfants belges présentant une imprégnation saturnine sub-clinique: Une étude pilote
Author, co-author :	Thirion, Paul [Université de Liège - ULg > CARE "Le Réseau des bibliothèques de l'ULg" > "Réseau des Bibl. ULg" : UD FAPSE > >]
	Sartor, Francis [Université de Liège - ULG > > Toxicologie de l'environnement > >]
	Deltour, Jean-Jacques [Université de Liège - ULG > > Service de psychométrie > >]
	Rondia, Désiré [Université de Liège - ULG > > Toxicologie de l'environnement > >]
Publication date :	1986
Main document title :	Belgian research on metals cycling : Proceedings of a symposium held in Brussels, 11-12 october 1985
Editor :	Rondia, Désiré
Publisher :	Presses Universitaires de Liège
Pages :	385-396
Peer reviewed :	No
On invitation :	No
Audience :	International
ISBN :	2-87014-162-9
City :	Liège
Country :	Belgium
Event name :	Metal cycling in the environment
Event date :	11-12 October 1985
Event organizer :	Belgian Committee of SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment) of the International Council of Scientific Unions
	Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux Arts de Belgique
Event place (city) :	Brussels
Event country :	Belgium
Keywords :	[en] Lead absorption ; Lead poisoning ; Intelligence development ; Psychometric performance ; Cognition ; Infancy
	[fr] Childhood
Abstract :	[en] Two groups of boys, 4-5 years old, living respectively in a high and low lead intake risk areas (Verviers and Liege) have been compared for two intelligence scales, for the developmental test of the visual perception, for two French vocabulary tests and for the hair lead content. Possible psychological or sociological bias have been controlled by the matching of boys for familial variables and by exclusion of children with a non acceptable medical and psychological previous history. The results show a higher geometric mean for the hair lead concentration in the Verviers children. The mean scores of the Wechsler full scale IQ and the vocabulary tests do not differ significantly in the investigated groups. The performance subtests of the intelligence scales however give different results at the usual 5% level. The small size of the samples examined in this pilot study precludes any conclusion about the causality or the strength of the association.
Target :	Researchers
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/4995

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