Impairments of memory and learning in older adults exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls via consumption of Great Lakes Fish

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 605-611

  Schantz, S L ^a   Gasior, D M ^a   Polverejan, E ^a   McCaffrey, R J ^a   Sweeney, A M ^a   Humphrey, H E B ^a   Gardiner, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

DDE; Dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethene; Executive function; Great Lakes Fish; Learning; Memory; Older adults; PCBs; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Visual spatial function

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; LEAD; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILDHOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INTELLECT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTICS; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; UNITED STATES; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0035354889     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.01109605     Document Type: Article

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