Search Results - subject:"Lead Poisoning"

How much would reducing lead exposure improve children's learning in the developing world?

Crawfurd, Lee; Todd, Rory; Hares, Susannah; Sandefur, Justin - 2023

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Hidden hazards and screening policy : predicting undetected lead exposure in illinois using machine learning

Abbasi, Ali; Gazze, Ludovica; Pals, Bridget - 2022

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Hidden Hazards and screening policy : predicting undetected lead exposure in illinois using machine learning

Abbasi, Ali; Gazze, Ludovica; Pals, Bridget - 2022

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013163190

Lead Poisoning and The Bell Curve

Nevin, Rick - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

A robust environmental health literature demonstrates that preschool lead exposure can cause neurodevelopmental damage and associated adverse impacts on IQ, education, and behavior. Cognitive psychology research also shows an association between IQ and education and behavior risks, but finds...

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Energy efficient housing stimulus that pays for itself

Nevin, Rick - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

) stabilize home values and reduce foreclosure inventory; (4) help to eliminate childhood lead poisoning; and (5) implement …

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Trends in preschool lead exposure, mental retardation, and scholastic achievement: association or causation?

Nevin, Rick - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

This study shows that 1936-1990 preschool blood lead trends explain 65% of the 1948-2001 variation in USA mental retardation (MR) prevalence, 45% of the 1953-2003 variation in the average Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT) verbal score, and 65% of the 1953-2003 variation in the average SAT math...

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Monetary benefits of preventing childhood lead poisoning with lead-safe window replacement

Nevin, Rick; Jacobs, David; E.; Berg, Michael; Cohen, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

Previous estimates of childhood lead poisoning prevention benefits have quantified the present value of some health …

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Understanding international crime trends: The legacy of preschool lead exposure

Nevin, Rick - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

suggests that murder could be especially associated with more severe cases of childhood lead poisoning. …

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Windows of opportunity: lead poisoning prevention, housing affordability, and energy conservation

Nevin, Rick; Jacobs, David; E. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

We used housing demolition and window replacement rates to forecast prevalence trends for childhood lead poisoning and … that window replacement explains a large part of the substantial reduction in lead poisoning that occurred from 1990 to … 2000. A public-private effort to increase window replacement rates could help eliminate childhood lead poisoning by 2010 …

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