Prenatal polybrominated diphenyl ether exposures and neurodevelopment in U.S. children through 5 years of age: The home study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 856-862

  Chen, Aimin ^a   Yolton, Kimberly ^b   Rauch, Stephen A ^c   Webster, Glenys M ^c   Hornung, Richard ^b   Sjödin, Andreas ^d   Dietrich, Kim N ^a   Lanphear, Bruce P ^c  

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

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTININE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4'-TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYLEY SCALES OF INFANT DEVELOPMENT; BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT SYSTEM FOR CHILDREN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIORAL TEST; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; UNITED STATES; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; DRUG EFFECTS; INFANT; PREGNANCY;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; INFANT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905216906     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1307562     Document Type: Article

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