Effects of environmental contaminant exposure on visual brain development: A prospective electrophysiological study in school-aged children

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1075-1085

  Ethier, Audrey Anne ^a   Muckle, Gina ^b   Bastien, Célyne ^b   Dewailly, Éric ^c,d   Ayotte, Pierre ^c,d   Arfken, Cynthia ^e   Jacobson, Sandra W ^e   Jacobson, Joseph L ^e   Saint Amour, Dave ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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

^f UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lead; Mercury; Neurotoxicity; Vision; Visual evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

LEAD; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY BURDEN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CANADA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FISH; FOLLOW UP; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GESTATION PERIOD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARINE MAMMAL; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALP; SCHOOL CHILD; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CANADA; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INUITS; LEAD; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MERCURY; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84867233424     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: 18729711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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