Systematic analysis of the relationship between standardized prenatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and mental and motor development during follow-up of nine children cohorts

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 130-146

  El Majidi, Naïma ^a   Bouchard, Michèle ^a   Carrier, Gaétan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

"Biological concentration response" relationship; Children cohorts; Development; Exposure standardization; Hill criteria; PCBs; Systematic analysis

Indexed keywords

LIPID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORD SERUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MATERNAL PLASMA; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEWBORN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84877101969     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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