Childhood lead exposure is associated with increased risk of criminal arrest in adulthood

Childhood exposure to lead is associated with adult criminal behaviour, including violent crime, finds a new study in this week`s PLoS Medicine. Dr Kim Dietrich and colleagues (University of Cincinnati, USA) studied the association between exposure to lead in the uterus and during early childhood and criminal arrests in adulthood, in poor areas of Cincinnati.

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