Neurodevelopmental performance among school age children in rural Guatemala is associated with prenatal and postnatal exposure to carbon monoxide, a marker for exposure to woodsmoke

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 246-254

  Dix Cooper, Linda ^a   Eskenazi, Brenda ^b   Romero, Carolina ^c   Balmes, John ^a,d   Smith, Kirk R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Centro de Estudios en Salud Universidad Del Valle   (Guatemala)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cookstove; Household air pollution; In utero; Indoor air pollution; Motor skills; Prenatal exposures; RESPIRE study

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROTOXICITY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SMOKE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; WOOD DEBRIS;

ADULT; ANTIMETABOLITES; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858008427     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: 18729711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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