Includes bibliographies. / xiv, 233, [102] leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / This thesis examines the relationship between environmental lead exposure and later emotional and behavioural problems experienced by 11-13 year old children enrolled in the Port Pirie Cohort Study (PPCS). The PPCS is the first study to monitor prospectively the association between lifetime blood lead exposure and children's behaviour. Prenatal and postnatal measures of lead exposure are collected from birth along with a large number of biomedical, socio-environmental and familial factors that might confound the relationship between lead exposure and children's behaviour. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Psychiatry, 1997

Includes bibliographical references. / xvi, 201, [35] leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / An introduction to the general topic of lead as an environmental contaminant and a critical review of epidemiloogical evidence of lead exposure and neuropsychological (particularly cognitive) development, a description of the research design and methods, and an evaluation of the validity of the precision of the study. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Community Medicine,1995