Prenatal exposure to mirex impairs neurodevelopment at age of 4 years

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 154-160

  Puertas, Raquel ^a   Lopez Espinosa, Maria Jose ^a,b   Cruz, Francisco ^a   Ramos, Rosa ^a   Freire, Carmen ^a   Pérez García, Miguel ^a   Abril, Ana ^a   Julvez, Jordi ^c,d   Salvatierra, Maite ^a   Campoy, Cristina ^a   Olea, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities; Mirex; Neurodevelopment; Placenta; Prenatal exposure; Spain

Indexed keywords

MIREX;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PLACENTA; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 74649086464     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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