Intellectual impairment in children exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls in utero

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 335, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 783-789

  Jacobson, Joseph L ^a   Jacobson, Sandra W ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; DRUG MILK LEVEL; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 0242435873     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199609123351104     Document Type: Article

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