Environmental neurotoxins

Pediatrics in Review

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 191-198

  Lanphear, Bruce P ^a   Wright, Robert O ^b,c   Dietrich, Kim N ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; LEAD; METHYLMERCURY; NEUROTOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BREAST MILK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONDUCT DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEAD POISONING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 19644397576     PISSN: 01919601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/pir.26-6-191     Document Type: Review

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