Environmental toxins. Metals: Adverse effects on the fetal and postnatal nervous systems;Neurotóxicos medioambientales (y II). Metales: Efectos adversos en el sistema nervioso fetal y posnatal

Acta Pediatrica Espanola

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 182-192

  Ortega Garcia J A ^a,d   Ferris Tortajada J ^a   Canovas Conesa A ^b   Garcia Castell, J ^c  

^a Unidad de Pediatría Ambiental   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c Hospital de Sagunt   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL INFANTIL LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Environmental health; Environmental pollutants; Metals (lead, mercury, cadmiun, manganese); Nervous system poisonings; Neurotoxicity syndromes; Prenatal exposure

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; TOXIN;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; DELINQUENCY; EMBASE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDLINE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRICIAN; POLLUTANT; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SCISEARCH; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 20944451683     PISSN: 00016640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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