Developmental brain and behavior toxicity of air pollutants: A focus on the effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 2026-2047

  Schroeder, Henri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

air pollution; behavior; brain; development; neurotoxicity; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMAL STUDIES; BEHAVIOR; CONTAMINATED MILK; DEVELOPMENT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; NEUROTOXICITY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS;

AIR POLLUTION; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; BRAIN; FOOD SUPPLY; HYDROCARBONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TOXICITY;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

COAL; FOSSIL FUEL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTOXIN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BRAIN; CHILD HEALTH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH IMPACT; INJURY; MILK; NEUROLOGY; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RUMINANT; TOXICOLOGY; VULNERABILITY;

AIR POLLUTANT; ATMOSPHERE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN TOXICITY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INHALATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80053558899     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2010.495644     Document Type: Review

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