Postnatal exposure to methyl mercury and neuropsychological development in 7-year-old urban inner-city children exposed to lead in the United States

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 527-538

  Wang, Yan ^a   Chen, Aimin ^b   Dietrich, Kim N ^b   Radcliffe, Jerilynn ^c   Caldwell, Kathleen L ^d   Rogan, Walter J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; METHYLMERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTNATAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEA FOOD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

COGNITION; IQ; LEAD; METHYL MERCURY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTNATAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HAIR; HUMANS; LEAD; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; SEAFOOD; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84903268581     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2013.824955     Document Type: Article

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