Neurodevelopmental toxicity of prenatal polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by chemical structure and activity: A birth cohort study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Park, Hye Youn ^a   Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^a   Sovcikova, Eva ^b   Kocan, Anton ^b   Drobna, Beata ^b   Trnovec, Tomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIRTH RATE; CHILD HEALTH; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIOXIN; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERUM; TOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORD SERUM; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL SERUM; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SLOVAKIA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

SLOVAKIA;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLOVAKIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955828105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-9-51     Document Type: Article

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