Evidence of an age-related threshold effect of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) on neuropsychological functioning in a Native American population

Environmental Research

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-85

  Haase, Richard F ^a   McCaffrey, Robert J ^a   Santiago Rivera, Azara L ^a   Morse, Gayle S ^a   Tarbell, Alice ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Executive functioning; Memory; Neuropsychological tests; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CHILD HEALTH; COGNITION; MEMORY; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BODY BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEW YORK; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 57649203114     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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