Neurodevelopmental toxicity risks due to occupational exposure to industrial chemicals during pregnancy

Industrial Health

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 459-468

  Julvez, Jordi ^a   Grandjean, Philippe ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Industrial chemicals; Neurodevelopment; Occupational health; Organic solvents; Pesticides; Pregnancy; Review; Silent pandemic of developmental toxicity

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ANESTHETIC GAS; ARSENIC; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHLORPHENOTANE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; LEAD; METHYLMERCURY; NEUROTOXIN; ORGANIC SOLVENT; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE WORKER; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 70350307124     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.47.459     Document Type: Review

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