Qualitative assessment of visuospatial errors in mercury-exposed Amazonian children

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-46

  Chevrier, Cécile ^a   Sullivan, Kimberly ^b   White, Roberta F ^b,c   Comtois, Callie ^b   Cordier, Sylvaine ^a   Grandjean, Philippe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fish consumption; Methylmercury exposure; Neuropsychological tests; Stanford Binet Copying test

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 58749103312     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2008.09.012     Document Type: Article

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