Effects of pre and postnatal exposure to low levels of polybromodiphenyl ethers on neurodevelopment and thyroid hormone levels at 4years of age

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 605-611

  Gascon, Mireia ^a,b   Vrijheid, Martine ^a,b,c   Martínez, David ^a,b   Forns, Joan ^a   Grimalt, Joan O ^d   Torrent, Maties ^e   Sunyer, Jordi ^a,b,c,f  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^e IB SALUT   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ADHD symptoms; Behavior; Cognition; Neurodevelopment; Organochlorine compounds (OCs); Polybromodiphenyl ethers (PBDEs)

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HORMONES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ADHD SYMPTOMS; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; NEURODEVELOPMENT; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS; POLYBROMODIPHENYL ETHERS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; LIOTHYRONINE; PBDE 47; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHILD HEALTH; COGNITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HORMONE; NEUROLOGY; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; COGNITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SPAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MINORCA; SPAIN;

EID: 79951558029     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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