Benefits of reducing prenatal exposure to coal-burning pollutants to children's neurodevelopment in China

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1396-1400

  Perera, Frederica ^a,e   Li, Tin Yu ^b   Zhou, Zhi Jun ^c   Yuan, Tao ^d   Chen, Yu Hui ^a   Qu, Lirong ^a   Rauh, Virginia A ^a   Zhang, Yiguan ^b   Tang, Deliang ^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)

^e Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

China; Coal burning; Lead; Neurobehavioral development; PAH DNA adducts; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; LEAD; MERCURY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TOBACCO SMOKE; COAL; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHINA; COAL GASIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ADDUCT; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NERVOUS SYSTEM; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 55949117371     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11480     Document Type: Article

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