Perinatal IV Aluminum and Developmental Delay

Abstract

The effect of perinatal exposure to intravenous aluminum on the neurologic development of 227 premature infants (<34 weeks gestation, <1850g weight) from the neonatal intensive care unit of Rosie Maternity Hospital, Cambridge, UK was studied at the Dunn Nutrition Unit, Cambridge, and the Institute of Child Health, London.

Keywords

• aluminum exposure
• neurotoxicity
• developmental delay