Subclinical effects of prenatal methylmercury exposure on cardiac autonomic function in Japanese children

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 379-386

  Murata, Katsuyuki ^a   Sakamoto, Mineshi ^b   Nakai, Kunihiko ^c   Dakeishi, Miwako ^a   Iwata, Toyoto ^a   Liu, Xiao Jie ^b   Satoh, Hiroshi ^c  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac autonomic function; Methylmercury; Prenatal exposure; Retrospective study

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATION PERIOD; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RR INTERVAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UMBILICAL CORD; VAGUS TONE;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISHES; HAIR; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 33644526200     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-005-0064-5     Document Type: Article

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