Prenatal exposure to lead and cognitive deficit in 7- and 14-year-old children in the presence of concomitant exposure to similar molar concentration of methylmercury

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 205-211

  Yorifuji, Takashi ^a,b   Debes, Frodi ^c   Weihe, Pal ^c   Grandjean, Philippe ^a,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FAROESE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (Faroe Islands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Food contamination; Lead; Metal mixtures; Methylmercury compounds; Neuropsychological tests; Prenatal exposure delayed effects

Indexed keywords

LEAD; METHYLMERCURY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FAROE ISLANDS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 79953331930     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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