A comparison of the monetized impact of IQ decrements from mercury emissions

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 841-847

  Griffiths, Charles ^a   McGartland, Al ^a   Miller, Maggie ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits; CAMR; Dose response; Fish consumption; IQ; Mercury; Methylmercury; U.S. EPA

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR SYSTEM; MATERNAL BLOOD; MERCURIALISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UMBILICAL CORD; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION; CHILD; COAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MERCURY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POWER PLANTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 34250171741     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9797     Document Type: Review

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