Does background postnatal methyl mercury exposure in toddlers affect cognition and behavior?

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Cao, Yang ^a   Chen, Aimin ^b   Jones, Robert L ^c   Radcliffe, Jerilynn ^d   Caldwell, Kathleen L ^c   Dietrich, Kim N ^e   Rogan, Walter J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Lead; Methylmercury; Neuropsychological tests; Postnatal exposure

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; PLACEBO; SUCCIMER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANTIDOTES; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; LEAD; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, CHILDHOOD; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUCCIMER;

EID: 74249102204     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2009.10.017     Document Type: Article

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