A cohort study of behavioral problems and intelligence in children with high prenatal polychlorinated biphenyl exposure

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1061-1066

  Lai, Te Jen ^a   Liu, Xianchen ^a   Guo, Yueliang Leon ^a   Guo, Nai Wen ^a   Yu, Mei Lin ^a   Hsu, Chen Chin ^a   Rogan, Walter J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC TOXICITY; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED NEUROTOXICITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PLANT OILS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0036840919     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.59.11.1061     Document Type: Article

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