Heavy metals and neurodevelopment of children in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The presence of harmful environmental exposures, which disproportionately affects low-and-middle income countries (LMICs), contributes to >25% of deaths and diseases worldwide and detrimentally affects child neurodevelopment. Few resources succinctly summarize the existing literature on this topic. Our objective is to systematically review and characterize the evidence regarding the relationship between heavy metals and neurodevelopment of children in LMICs.

Methods

We conducted a medical librarian-curated search on multiple online databases to identify articles that included individuals <18 years living in a LMIC, quantitatively measured exposure to a heavy metal (either prenatal or postnatal), and used a standardized measurement of neurodevelopment (i.e. cogniti

SUBMITTER: Heng YY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8970501 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature