Brominated flame retardants in breast milk and behavioural and cognitive development at 36 months

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-57

  Adgent, Margaret A ^a   Hoffman, Kate ^b   Goldman, Barbara Davis ^c   Sjödin, Andreas ^d   Daniels, Julie L ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

environment; environmental pollutant; epidemiology; flame retardants; halogenated diphenyl ethers; human; milk; neurobehavioural manifestations; PBDEs

Indexed keywords

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT SYSTEM FOR CHILDREN; BREAST MILK; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FINE MOTOR SKILL; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK LEVEL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULLEN SCALES OF EARLY LEARNING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMAN; MILK; NEUROBEHAVIOURAL MANIFESTATIONS; PBDES;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; LACTATION; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; MOTHERS; NORTH CAROLINA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84890073486     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12078     Document Type: Article

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