Poor psychometric scores of children living in isolated riverine and agrarian communities and fish-methylmercury exposure

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1008-1015

  Fonseca, Márlon de F ^a,b   Dórea, José G ^c   Bastos, Wanderley R ^d   Marques, Rejane C ^a,d   Torres, João P M ^a   Malm, Olaf ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE RONDÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fish; Methylmercury; Neurocognition; Neurodevelopment

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH MEAT; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SCORING SYSTEM; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; POVERTY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 56249148143     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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