Exposure to lipophilic chemicals as a cause of neurological impairments, neurodevelopmental disorders and neurodegenerative diseases

Interdisciplinary Toxicology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 103-110

  Zeliger, Harold I ^a  

^a Zeliger Chemical Toxicological and Environmental Research   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Alzheimer's disease; autism; lipophilic chemicals; neurological disease; Parkinson's disease; toxic chemicals

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; PARKINSON DISEASE; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 84897926165     PISSN: 13376853     EISSN: 13379569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/intox-2013-0018     Document Type: Review

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