Home environment and prenatal exposure to lead, arsenic and zinc on the neurodevelopment of six-month-old infants living in Chitwan Valley, Nepal

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 89-95

  Parajuli, Rajendra P ^a   Fujiwara, Takeo ^b   Umezaki, Masahiro ^a   Furusawa, Hana ^a   Watanabe, Chiho ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bayley Scale of Infant Development; HOME scale; Nepal; Neurodevelopment; Toxic and essential elements

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; LEAD; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEPAL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

BAYLEY SCALE OF INFANT DEVELOPMENT; HOME SCALE; NEPAL; NEURODEVELOPMENT; TOXIC AND ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD POISONING; MALE; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; ZINC;

EID: 84893048254     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: 18729738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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