Exposure to hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls (OH-PCBs) in the prenatal period and subsequent neurodevelopment in eastern Slovakia

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1600-1606

  Park, Hye Youn ^a   Park, June Soo ^a,b   Sovcikova, Eva ^c   Kocan, Anton ^c   Linderholm, Linda ^d   Bergman, Ake ^d   Trnovec, Tomas ^c   Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bayley scales of infant development; Hydroxylated PCBs; Slovakia

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEUROTOXICITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOVAKIA; TOXICOKINETICS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLOVAKIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 67349134846     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0900611     Document Type: Article

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