Associations between prenatal and recent postnatal methylmercury exposure and auditory function at age 19years in the Seychelles child development study

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 68-76

  Orlando, Mark S ^a   Dziorny, Adam C ^b   Harrington, Donald ^a   Love, Tanzy ^a   Shamlaye, Conrad F ^c   Watson, Gene E ^a   van Wijngaarden, Edwin ^a   Davidson, Philip W ^a   Myers, Gary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Seychelles)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem responses; Fish consumption; Mercury; Methylmercury; Otoacoustic emissions; Seychelles child development study

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; OTOTOXICITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TYMPANOMETRY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PREGNANCY; SEA FOOD; WATER POLLUTANT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SEAFOOD; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910022570     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: 18729738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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