In utero exposure to background levels of polychlorinated biphenyls and cognitive functioning among school-age children

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-26

  Gray, Kimberly A ^a   Klebanoff, Mark A ^b   Brock, John W ^c   Zhou, Haibo ^d   Darden, Rebecca ^e   Needham, Larry ^c   Longnecker, Matthew P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c WARREN WILSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

^e WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Cohort studies; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; PCB;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SCHOOL CHILD; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21244432433     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi158     Document Type: Article

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