Prenatal exposure to organohalogens, including brominated flame retardants, influences motor, cognitive, and behavioral performance at school age

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1953-1958

  Roze, Elise ^a   Meijer, Lisethe ^a   Bakker, Attie ^a   Van Braeckel, Koenraad N J A ^a   Sauer, Pieter J J ^a   Bos, Arend F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cognition; Hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls; Motor performance; Neurotoxicity; Organohalogens; Pesticides; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Prenatal exposure; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

2,2' BIS (4 CHLOROPHENYL) 1,1' DICHLOROETHENE; 2,2',4,4' TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 3,3',5' TRIIODOTHYRONINE; 4 HYDROXY 2,3,3',4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; BDE 100; BDE 153; BDE 154; BDE 99; BROMINE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; LIOTHYRONINE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL CONGENER 153; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COORDINATION; DYSKINESIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VERBAL MEMORY; VISION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETUS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 73749087375     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901015     Document Type: Article

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