In Utero p,p'-DDE exposure and infant neurodevelopment: A perinatal cohort in Mexico

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 435-439

  Torres Sánchez, Luisa ^a   Rothenberg, Stephen J ^a,b   Schnaas, Lourdes ^c   Cebrián, Mariano E ^d   Osorio, Erika ^c   Hernández, Maria del Carmen ^c   García Hernández, Rosa M ^d   del Rio Garcia, Constanza ^a   Wolff, Mary S ^e   López Carrillo, Lizbeth ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayley scale; Breast feeding; Cohort; In utero exposure; Infant neurodevelopment; Mexico; Organochlorines; P,p' DDE

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FETOTOXICITY; FOLLOW UP; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MEXICO; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 34147184432     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9566     Document Type: Article

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