Principles and practices of neurodevelopmental assessment in children: Lessons learned from the Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1437-1446

  Dietrich, Kim N ^a   Eskenazi, Brenda ^b   Schantz, Susan ^c   Yolton, Kimberly ^a   Rauh, Virginia A ^d   Johnson, Caroline B ^e   Alkon, Abbey ^f   Canfield, Richard L ^g   Pessah, Isaac N ^h   Berman, Robert F ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d University of Cincinnati College of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^e Pediatric Medical Group   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Development; National Children's Study; Neurotoxicology; Study design

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROTOXICOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27244454905     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7672     Document Type: Review

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