Fish consumption, mercury exposure, and their associations with scholastic achievement in the Seychelles Child Development Study

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 439-447

  Davidson, Philip W ^a   Leste, Andre ^b   Benstrong, Egbert ^b   Burns, Christine M ^a   Valentin, Justin ^b   Sloane Reeves, Jean ^a   Huang, Li Shan ^a   Miller, Wesley A ^a   Gunzler, Douglas ^a   van Wijngaarden, Edwin ^a   Watson, Gene E ^a   Zareba, Grazyna ^a   Shamlaye, Conrad F ^a,b,c   Myers, Gary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Ministry of Education   (Seychelles)

^c Ministry of Health and Social Affairs   (Seychelles)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Methylmecury

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEYCHELLES; SPATIAL MEMORY; VERBAL MEMORY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SEYCHELLES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956226975     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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