Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Mercury on Cognitive and Psychomotor Function in One-Year-Old Infants: Epidemiologic Cohort Study in Poland

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 439-447

  Jedrychowski, Wieslaw ^a   Jankowski, Jeffery ^a   Flak, Elzbieta ^a   Skarupa, Anita ^a   Mroz, Elzbieta ^a   Sochacka Tatara, Elzbieta ^a   Lisowska Miszczyk, Iwona ^a   Szpanowska Wohn, Agnieszka ^a   Rauh, Virginia ^a   Skolicki, Zbigniew ^a   Kaim, Irena ^a   Perera, Frederica ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biological Markers; Infant Recognition Memory; Prenatal Mercury Exposure

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MATERNAL BLOOD; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FISH PRODUCTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; POLAND; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33646726943     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2005.06.059     Document Type: Article

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