Delayed evoked potentials in children exposed to methylmercury from seafood

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 343-348

  Murata, Katsuyuki ^a   Weihe, Pal ^b,c   Renzoni, Aristeo ^d   Debes, Frodi ^b   Vasconcelos, Rui ^e   Zino, Francis ^f   Araki, Shunichi ^a   JØrgensen, Poul J ^g   White, Roberta F ^c,h,i   Grandjean, Philippe ^c,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FAROESE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (Faroe Islands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^e HOSPITAL CENTRAL DO FUNCHAL   (Portugal)

^f Odense University Hospital ^*  (Portugal)

^g ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^h BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental pollution; Evoked potentials; Food contamination; Methylmercury compounds; Prenatal exposure delayed effects

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POLLUTION; PORTUGAL; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEA FOOD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEAFOOD;

EID: 0032991848     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(99)00011-2     Document Type: Article

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