Effect of low-level prenatal mercury exposure on neonate neurobehavioral development in China

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 93-99

  Wu, Jinhua ^a   Ying, Tinger ^a   Shen, Zhonghai ^a   Wang, Haiyan ^a  

^a Associate Chief Physician Zhoushan Maternal and Child Health Hospital Zhoushan   (China)

Author keywords

fish consumption; mercury; Minimata disease; neurobehavioral development; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; FISH; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; MOTHER; MUSCLE TONE; NEONATAL BEHAVIORAL NEUROLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; URINALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FETUS BLOOD; INFANT; MERCURY POISONING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FISHES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84902472219     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2014.03.018     Document Type: Article

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