Neurocognitive changes among elderly exposed to PCBs/PCDFs in Taiwan

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 184-189

  Lin, Kao Chang ^a   Guo, Nai Wen ^b   Tsai, Pei Chien ^b   Yang, Chiu Yueh ^b   Guo, YueLiang Leon ^c,d  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Neurocognitive functioning; Neuropsychological tests; PCBs; PCDFs; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polychlorinated dibenzofurans

Indexed keywords

OIL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INGESTION; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOOD; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TAIWAN; VERBAL MEMORY;

AGED; BENZOFURANS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TAIWAN;

EID: 40549140124     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10134     Document Type: Article

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