lead and Urologic-Diseases

Since 1989, American parents have adopted 18 846 Chinese children. This study assesses the health and developmental status of these children after their arrival in the United States.. A total of 452 children (443 girls) in 2 groups were evaluated. The clinic group children (n = 192) included all Chinese adoptees seen in an international adoption clinic between 1991 and 1998. The travel group comprised 260 of 325 Chinese children placed by a single Massachusetts adoption agency between 1991 and 1996 whose adoptive parents and American physicians responded to mailed questionnaires. One hundred ninety-one of the travel group children were cared for by 1 of us (N.W.H.) during the adoption process in China.. Growth and developmental delays were frequent in the clinic group. Z scores

Topics: Adoption; Anemia, Iron-Deficiency; Child; Child Development; Child, Preschool; China; Communicable Diseases; Developmental Disabilities; Female; Growth; Health Status; Humans; Infant; Lead; Male; Orphanages; Thyroid Diseases; Time Factors; United States; Urologic Diseases

Topics: Humans; Lead; Lead Poisoning; Porphyrias; Porphyrins; Urologic Diseases

Topics: Humans; Lead; Lead Poisoning; Porphyrias; Porphyrins; Urologic Diseases

Topics: Body Fluids; Humans; Lead; Lead Poisoning; Porphyrias; Urine; Urologic Diseases

Topics: Body Fluids; Lead; Lead Poisoning; Porphyrias; Urine; Urologic Diseases