Effect of prenatal exposure to airborne polycyclic aromatic hydocarbons on neurodevelopment in the first 3 years of life among inner-city children

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1287-1292

  Perera, Frederica P ^a   Rauh, Virginia ^a   Whyatt, Robin M ^a   Tsai, Wei Yann ^a,b   Tang, Deliang ^a   Diaz, Diurka ^a   Hoepner, Lori ^a   Barr, Dana ^c   Tu, Yi Hsuan ^a   Camann, David ^d   Kinney, Patrick ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Neurodevelopment; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

CHLORPYRIFOS; LEAD; PESTICIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CITY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MONITORING; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEW YORK CITY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33746901683     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9084     Document Type: Article

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