In utero and childhood polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) exposures and neurodevelopment in the CHAMACOS study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 257-262

  Eskenazi, Brenda ^a   Chevrier, Jonathan ^a   Rauch, Stephen A ^a   Kogut, Katherine ^a   Harley, Kim G ^a   Johnson, Caroline ^a   Trujillo, Celina ^a   Sjödin, Andreas ^b   Bradman, Asa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Attention; Biomarkers; Children; Cognitive development; Flame retardants; Human exposure; Intelligence quotient; Mexican; Motor; Neurodevelopment; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

ALKANEDIOL DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INTERVIEW; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NOTE; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84873386325     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1205597     Document Type: Note

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