Impacts of prenatal exposures to polychlorinated biphenyls, methylmercury, and lead on intellectual ability of 42-month-old children in Japan

Environmental Research

Volumn 133, Issue , 2014, Pages 321-326

  Tatsuta, Nozomi ^a   Nakai, Kunihiko ^a   Murata, Katsuyuki ^b   Suzuki, Keita ^a   Iwai Shimada, Miyuki ^a   Kurokawa, Naoyuki ^a   Hosokawa, Toru ^c   Satoh, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Child intellectual ability; Highly chlorinated PCB; Lead; Methylmercury; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

LEAD; LIPID; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ABNORMALITY; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HEALTH IMPACT; LEAD; MENTAL HEALTH; METHYLMERCURY; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; KAUFMAN ASSESSMENT BATTERY FOR CHILDREN SCORE; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

JAPAN;

CHILD INTELLECTUAL ABILITY; HIGHLY CHLORINATED PCB; LEAD; METHYLMERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; JAPAN; LEAD; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84903753798     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.05.024     Document Type: Article

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