PCB-related neurodevelopmental deficit may be transient: Follow-up of a cohort at 6 years of age

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 701-706

  Winneke, Gerhard ^a   Krämer, Ursula ^a   Sucker, Kirsten ^a   Walkowiak, Jens ^a   Fastabend, Annemarie ^b   Heinzow, Birger ^c   Steingrüber, Hans J ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL   (Germany)

^c Dept of Environ Hlth and Toxicol   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child development; Follow up; Intelligence; PCBs; School age

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 17044410155     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2004.12.040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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