Motor inhibition and learning impairments in school-aged children following exposure to organophosphate pesticides in infancy

Pediatric Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 88-92

  Kofman, Ora ^a   Berger, Andrea ^a   Massarwa, Ali ^a   Friedman, Alon ^a   Jaffar, Abed Abu ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KEROSENE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LEARNING TEST; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; KEROSENE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PESTICIDES; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33748082696     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.pdr.0000219467.47013.35     Document Type: Article

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