Maternal PUFA status but not prenatal methylmercury exposure is associated with children's language functions at age five years in the Seychelles

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1943-1949

  Strain, J J ^a   Davidson, Philip W ^b   Thurston, Sally W ^b   Harrington, Donald ^b   Mulhern, Maria S ^a   McAfee, Alison J ^a   van Wijngaarden, Edwin ^b   Shamlaye, Conrad F ^c   Henderson, Juliette ^c   Watson, Gene E ^b   Zareba, Grazyna ^b   Cory Slechta, Deborah A ^b   Lynch, Miranda ^b   Wallace, Julie M W ^a   McSorley, Emeir M ^a   Bonham, Maxine P ^d   Stokes Riner, Abbie ^b   Sloane Reeves, Jean ^b   Janciuras, Joanne ^b   Wong, Rosa ^b   Clarkson, Thomas W ^b   Myers, Gary J ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Seychelles)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; METHYLMERCURY; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL LANGUAGE SCALE; RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEYCHELLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869118917     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.112.163493     Document Type: Article

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