STUDY OF THE RELATION BETWEEN SOME HEAVY METALS LEVELS IN HAIR AND CHANGES IN IQ AND PSYCOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR IN CHILDREN

Abstract

Detennination of trace element levels in hair has been a subject of continual interest in biomedical and environmental sciences. The significance of such measurements as an indices for assessing nutritional status, diagnosis, intoxication and monitoring environmental exposure. Hair is a good non-invasive method whrch should be used in screening studies of children living in heavily polluted area. Analysis of hair is potentially more attractive means of assessing long term exposure.

In an attempt to evaluate some trace elements in 75 patients attending the psychiatric clinic of the new children (Abo Erish) hospital Cairo University aged from 7 I 4 years These patients were divided into 3 groups as follows:-

Group I 25 patients with mild mental sub-nonnality. Group II 25 patients with moderate mental sub-nonnality. Group III 25 patients with psychological disorder (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADIID) The study included 7'i healthy children selected from school children rn the same range of age were taken as control group IV.