Prenatal and postnatal mercury exposure, breastfeeding and neurodevelopment during the first 5 years

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 134-141

  Marques, Rejane C ^a,b   Dórea, José G ^c   Bernardi, José V E ^a   Bastos, Wanderley R ^a   Malm, Olaf ^b  

^a Fundação Universidade Federal de Rondônia   (Portugal)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Ethylmercury; Gesell scores; Neurodevelopment; Thimerosal; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; ETHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MERCURY; THIOMERSAL; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; COORDINATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMOTION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LACTATION; LANGUAGE; LOCOMOTION; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SOCIAL ASPECT; ADULT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HAIR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MERCURIALISM; METABOLISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ETHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 68249086214     PISSN: 15433633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNN.0b013e3181a72248     Document Type: Article

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