Using systematic reviews and meta-analyses to support regulatory decision making for neurotoxicants: Lessons learned from a case study of PCBs

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 727-734

  Goodman, Michael ^a   Squibb, Katherine ^b   Youngstrom, Eric ^c,d   Anthony, Laura Gutermuth ^e,f   Kenworthy, Lauren ^e,f   Lipkin, Paul H ^g,h   Mattison, Donald R ⁱ   LaKind, Judy S ^b,j,k  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^g KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^j IPEX USA LLC   (United States)

^k PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Domain; Function testing; Meta analysis; Neurodevelopment; Neurotoxicants; PCBs; Risk assessment; Weight of evidence

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; NEUROTOXIN;

CASE STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; LITERATURE; MANAGEMENT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEWBORN; POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROTOXINS; POLICY MAKING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 77953268448     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901835     Document Type: Review

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