Selenium as a potential protective factor against mercury developmental neurotoxicity

Environmental Research

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-52

  Choi, Anna L ^a   Budtz Jørgensen, Esben ^b   Jørgensen, Poul J ^c   Steuerwald, Ulrike ^d   Debes, Frodi ^d,e   Weihe, Pál ^d,e   Grandjean, Philippe ^a,e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Faroese Hospital System   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Methylmercury; Neuropsychological tests; Prenatal exposure delayed effects; Preschool children; Selenium

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; SELENIUM;

BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH CARE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; NEUROLOGY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEAFOOD; SELENIUM; TOXICOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; MERCURIALISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROTOXICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEA FOOD; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

CHILD; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELENIUM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE ISLANDS;

CETACEA;

EID: 41949121995     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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