Effects of environmental exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins on cognitive abilities in Dutch children at 42 months of age

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-41

  Patandin, Svati ^a,b   Lanting, Caren I ^a   Mulder, Paul G H ^a   Boersma, E Rudy ^a   Sauer, Pieter J J ^a   Weisglas Kuperus, Nynke ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL PLASMA; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032937537     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(99)70369-0     Document Type: Article

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