Association between prenatal exposure to methylmercury and visuospatial ability at 10.7 years in the seychelles child development study

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 453-459

  Davidson, Philip W ^a   Jean Sloane Reeves, ^a   Myers, Gary J ^a   Hansen, Ole Nørby ^b   Huang, Li Shan ^a   Georger, Leslie A ^a   Cox, Christopher ^c   Thurston, Sally W ^a   Shamlaye, Conrad F ^d   Clarkson, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Seychelles)

Author keywords

Methylmercury; Prenatal exposure; Visual motor development

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIET; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL TEST; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEYCHELLES; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 44649129096     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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