Relationship between environmental phthalate exposure and the intelligence of school-age children

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1027-1032

  Cho, Soo Churl ^a   Bhang, Soo Young ^b   Hong, Yun Chul ^a   Shin, Min Sup ^a   Kim, Boong Nyun ^a   Kim, Jae Won ^a   Yoo, Hee Jung ^c   Cho, In Hee ^d   Kim, Hyo Won ^e  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Gachon University   (South Korea)

^e Dongguk University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Children; Cognition; Di(2 ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP); Dibutyl phthalate (DBP); IQ; Mono(2 ethyl 5 oxohexyl) phthalate (MEOHP); Mono 2 ethylhexyl phthalate (MEHP); Mono n butyl phthalate (MBP); Phthalate; Sex

Indexed keywords

MONO (2 ETHYL 5 OXOHEXYL)PHTHALIC ACID; MONO N BUTYL PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL MONOESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CREATININE; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; URINALYSIS; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DRUG EFFECTS; INTELLIGENCE; POLLUTANT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTH KOREA; TOXICITY; URINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CREATININE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 77954854840     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901376     Document Type: Article

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