Adult neuropsychological performance following prenatal and early postnatal exposure to tetrachloroethylene (PCE)-contaminated drinking water

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 350-359

  Janulewicz, Patricia A ^a   White, Roberta F ^a,b   Martin, Brett M ^a   Winter, Michael R ^a   Weinberg, Janice M ^a   Vieira, Veronica ^a   Aschengrau, Ann ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Neuropsychological assessment; PCE; Tetrachloroethylene

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEACHING; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERINATAL PERIOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VISUAL DISORDER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXPOSURE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING; MOOD; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRENATAL PERIOD; SAMPLE SIZE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISUOSPATIAL ABILITY; AFFECT; AGNOSIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WATER POLLUTANT;

AFFECT; AGNOSIA; ATTENTION; COHORT STUDIES; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84860341263     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: 18729738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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