Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in breast milk and neuropsychological development in infants

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1760-1765

  Gascon, Mireia ^a,b,c   Fort, Marta ^d   Martínez, David ^a,b,c   Carsin, Anne Elie ^a,b,c   Forns, Joan ^a,b,c   Grimalt, Joan O ^d   Marina, Loreto Santa ^c,e,f   Lertxundi, Nerea ^f,g   Sunyer, Jordi ^a,b,c,h   Vrijheid, Martine ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^e Subdireccion de Salud Publica de Guipuzcoa   (Spain)

^f BIODONOSTIA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Environmental; Neurodevelopment; Persistent organic pollutants (POPs); Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)

Indexed keywords

ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST MILK; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COLOSTRUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILK, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPAIN;

EID: 84870536082     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1205266     Document Type: Article

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