Impact of prenatal methylmercury exposure on neurobehavioral function at age 14 years

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 363-375

  Debes, Frodi ^a   Budtz Jørgensen, Esben ^b,c   Weihe, Pal ^a,c   White, Roberta F ^d   Grandjean, Philippe ^c,e  

^a Faroese Hospital System   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Food contamination; Methylmercury compounds; Neuropsychological tests; Neurotoxicity syndromes; Prenatal exposure delayed effects

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAROE ISLANDS; FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEA FOOD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; WHALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

DELPHINIDAE;

EID: 33744927131     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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