Occupational pesticide exposure in early pregnancy associated with sex-specific neurobehavioral deficits in the children at school age

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-9

  Andersen, Helle R ^a   Debes, Fródi ^a   Wohlfahrt Veje, Christine ^b   Murata, Katsuyuki ^c   Grandjean, Philippe ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c AKITA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem auditory evoked potentials; Neurodevelopment; Neuropsychological tests; Pesticides; Prenatal exposure

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY FAT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GREENHOUSE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; LATENT PERIOD; LONG TERM MEMORY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPONSE TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84913536225     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: 18729738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2014.10.006     Document Type: Article

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