Children's cognitive health: The influence of environmental chemical exposures

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Bellinger, David C ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MERCURIALISM; NEUROTOXICITY;

CARCINOGENS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; LEAD; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PESTICIDES;

EID: 33947209109     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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