Relation between cord blood mercury levels and early child development in a World Trade Center cohort

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1085-1091

  Lederman, Sally Ann ^a   Jones, Robert L ^b   Caldwell, Kathleen L ^b   Rauh, Virginia ^a   Sheets, Stephen E ^a   Tang, Deliang ^a   Viswanathan, Sheila ^a   Becker, Mark ^c   Stein, Janet L ^d   Wang, Richard Y ^b   Perera, Frederica P ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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

^c Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Child development; Fish consumption; Mercury; Pregnancy; WTC

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEA FOOD; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UNITED STATES; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FETUS BLOOD; GEOGRAPHY; INTELLIGENCE TEST; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TERRORISM;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MERCURY; NEW YORK CITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEAFOOD; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS;

EID: 51249090176     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10831     Document Type: Article

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