Neurocognitive screening of mercury-exposed children of Andean gold miners

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 209-214

  Counter, S Allen ^a,b   Buchanan, Leo H ^c,d   Ortega, Fernando ^e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Cognitive; Elemental mercury; Environmental; Methylmercury; Neurotoxicity; Pediatric; Raven's coloured progressive matrices

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; GOLD; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MERCURIALISM; MINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAVEN COLORED PROGRESSIVE MATRICES; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33747875371     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2006.12.3.209     Document Type: Article

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