Negative confounding by essential fatty acids in methylmercury neurotoxicity associations

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 85-92

  Choi, Anna L ^a   Mogensen, Ulla B ^b   Bjerve, Kristian S ^c,f   Debes, Frodi ^d   Weihe, Pal ^d   Grandjean, Philippe ^a,e   Budtz Jørgensen, Esben ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e FAROESE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (Faroe Islands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Methylmercury compounds; Negative confounding; Neuropsychological measures; Omega 3 fatty acids; Prenatal exposure delayed effects; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; NEUROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CALIFORNIA VERBAL LEARNING TEST; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEA FOOD; SPATIAL MEMORY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TASK PERFORMANCE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DRUG EFFECTS; FETUS BLOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; RECALL; TOXICITY;

ATTENTION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROTOXINS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEAFOOD;

EID: 84896093007     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: 18729738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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