Childhood Maltreatment, Blood Lead Levels, and Crime and Violence: A Prospective Examination

Introduction to the Special Issue on the Exposome—Understanding Environmental Impacts on Brain Development and Risk for Psychopathology

“…Widom et al. ( 28 ) build on the review by Cardenas-Iniguez et al. ( 22 ) to show that ongoing exposure to lead in adulthood continues to have negative impacts on function, demonstrating that blood levels of lead in adulthood predict arrests after blood collection, and that the level of lead in blood was strongly related to neighborhood disadvantage measures.…”