Pesticides as a source of developmental disabilities

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 246-256

  Weiss, Bernard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptor; Insecticides; Neuropathy; Neurotoxicity; Pesticides; Prenatal exposure; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; KINDLING; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030866537     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2779(1997)3:3<246::AID-MRDD5>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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