Exposure to an organochlorine pesticide (chlordecone) and development of 18-month-old infants

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 162-168

  Boucher, Olivier ^a   Simard, Marie Noëlle ^a,b   Muckle, Gina ^a,b   Rouget, Florence ^c   Kadhel, Philippe ^c,d   Bataille, Henri ^d   Chajès, Véronique ^e   Dallaire, Renée ^a,b   Monfort, Christine ^c   Thomé, Jean Pierre ^f   Multigner, Luc ^c   Cordier, Sylvaine ^c  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pointe a Pitre   (Guadeloupe)

^e INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ages and Stages Questionnaire; Child development; Chlordecone; Guadeloupe; Organochlorine pesticide

Indexed keywords

CHLORDECONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST MILK; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHLORDECONE; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUADELOUPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILK, HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874412164     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: 18729711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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