Effects of prenatal exposure to coal-burning pollutants on children's development in China

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 674-679

  Tang, Deliang ^a   Li, Tin Yu ^b   Liu, Jason J ^a   Zhou, Zhi Jun ^c   Yuan, Tao ^d   Chan, Yu Hui ^a   Rauh, Virginia A ^a   Xie, Jiang ^b   Perera, Frederica ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Coal burning; Lead; Mercury; Neurodevelopment; PAH DNA adducts; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

COAL; LEAD; MERCURY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEWBORN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEAD; MALE; MERCURY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; POWER PLANTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 45749100846     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10471     Document Type: Article

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