Prenatal methyl mercury exposure in relation to neurodevelopment and behavior at 19years of age in the Seychelles Child Development Study

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2013, Pages 19-25

  Van Wijngaarden, E ^a   Thurston, S W ^a   Myers, G J ^a   Strain, J J ^b   Weiss, B ^a   Zarcone, T ^c   Watson, G E ^a   Zareba, G ^a   McSorley, E M ^b   Mulhern, M S ^b   Yeates, A J ^b   Henderson, J ^d   Gedeon, J ^d   Shamlaye, C F ^d   Davidson, P W ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Seychelles)

Author keywords

Child development; Methyl mercury; Prenatal exposure

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; SOCIAL STATUS;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; METHYL MERCURY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEYCHELLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880309977     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: 18729738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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