Mercury Exposure and Child Development Outcomes

Pediatrics

Volumn 113, Issue 4 II, 2004, Pages 1023-1029

  Davidson, Philip W ^a,b   Myers, Gary J ^a   Weiss, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Child neurocognitive development; Developmental neurotoxicity; Mercury

Indexed keywords

ETHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONSUMER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 1842429975     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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