Intellectual function in Mexican children living in a mining area and environmentally exposed to manganese | Research / children's health
2010
Riojas-Rodríguez, Horacio | Solís-Vivanco, Rodolfo | Schilmann, Astrid | Montes, Sergio | Rodríguez, Sandra | Ríos, Camilo | Rodríguez-Agudelo, Yaneth
The article provides detailed information from a study that suggests environmental exposure to airborne manganese (Mn) is neurotoxic, especially when inhaled, and is inversely associated with intellectual function in young school-age children. Entering into the body through the lungs, airborne Mn may access the brain directly through olfactory uptake. This cross-sectional study measured the environmental exposure to airborne Mn resulting from mining and processing in Hidalgo State in central Mexico, and explored its association with the intellectual function of school-age children.
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