Cardiac autonomic activity and blood pressure among Inuit children exposed to mercury

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1067-1074

  Valera, Beatriz ^a   Muckle, Gina ^a,b   Poirier, Paul ^b,c   Jacobson, Sandra W ^d   Jacobson, Joseph L ^d   Dewailly, Eric ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Children; Heart rate variability; Inuit; Methylmercury; N 3 fatty acids

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LEAD; MERCURY; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SELENIUM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ESKIMO; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HAIR LEVEL; HEART AUTOMATICITY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INUITS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MERCURY; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84867230864     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: 18729711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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