Genetic susceptibility to methylmercury developmental neurotoxicity matters

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Julvez, Jordi ^a,b   Grandjean, Philippe ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Developmental toxicity; Environmental epidemiology; Gene environment interactions; Genetic variation; Methylmercury; Neurodevelopment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892421261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2013.00278     Document Type: Note

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