Prenatal polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure and child behavior at age 6-7 years

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 921-926

  Perera, Frederica P ^a,b   Tang, Deliang ^a,b   Wang, Shuang ^a,b   Vishnevetsky, Julia ^a,b   Zhang, Bingzhi ^a,b   Diaz, Diurka ^a,b   Camann, David ^c   Rauh, Virginia ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Child behavior; PAH; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIR MONITORING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; DEPRESSION; DNA ADDUCT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INTERVIEW; MALE; PERSONAL MONITORING; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84862019469     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104315     Document Type: Article

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