Fish consumption in pregnancy, cord blood mercury level and cognitive and psychomotor development of infants followed over the first three years of life. Krakow epidemiologic study

Environment International

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1057-1062

  Jedrychowski, Wieslaw ^a   Perera, Frederica ^b   Jankowski, Jeffery ^c   Rauh, Virginia ^b   Flak, Elzbieta ^a   Caldwell, Kathleen L ^d   Jones, Robert L ^d   Pac, Agnieszka ^a   Lisowska Miszczyk, Ilona ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b Mailman School Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish intake during pregnancy; Infant cognitive and psychomotor function; Prenatal mercury exposure; Prospective cohort study

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FISH; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

INFANT COGNITIVE; PRENATAL MERCURY EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY; PSYCHOMOTOR FUNCTION;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

MERCURY;

BLOOD; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH RISK; METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

EID: 34748897948     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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