Maternal seafood diet, methylmercury exposure, and neonatal neurologic function

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 599-605

  Steuerwald, Ulrike ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Weihe, Pal ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Jørgensen, Poul J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Bjerve, Kristian ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Brock, John ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Heinzow, Birger ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Budtz Jørgensen, Esben ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Grandjean, Philippe ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a Faeroese Hospital System   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e Dept of Hydrol and Water Mgmt   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SELENIUM; THYROID HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEA FOOD; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0034127350     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2000.102774     Document Type: Article

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