Prenatal methylmercury exposure and genetic predisposition to cognitive deficit at age 8 years

Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 643-650

  Julvez, Jordi ^a,b   Smith, George Davey ^c   Golding, Jean ^c   Ring, Susan ^c   Pourcain, Beate St ^c   Gonzalez, Juan Ramon ^b   Grandjean, Philippe ^a,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE 1; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; METHYLMERCURY; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL CLASS; UMBILICAL CORD; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 84881510474     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31829d5c93     Document Type: Article

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