Effects of prenatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins on mental and motor development in Japanese children at 6 months of age

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 773-778

  Nakajima, Sonomi ^a,b   Saijo, Yasuaki ^a   Kato, Shizue ^a   Sasaki, Seiko ^a   Uno, Akiko ^a   Kanagami, Nobuo ^c   Hirakawa, Hironori ^d   Hori, Tsuguhide ^d   Tobiishi, Kazuhiro ^d   Todaka, Takashi ^e   Nakamura, Yuji ^b   Yanagiya, Satoko ^b   Sengoku, Yasuhito ^b   Iida, Takao ^d   Sata, Fumihiro ^a   Kishi, Reiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Sapporo Toho Hospital   (Japan)

^d FUKUOKA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e Japan Food Hygiene Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dioxins; Infant development; Maternal blood; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Prenatal exposure

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOMER; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

DIOXINS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 33646360564     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8614     Document Type: Article

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