The impact of toxins on the developing brain

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 211-230

  Lanphear, Bruce P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ADHD; Autism; Behavioral problems; Disabilities; Environmental exposures; Environmental toxins; Mental disorder

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ARSENIC; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; LEAD; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; NEUROTOXIN; PHTHALIC ACID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANXIETY; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; COGNITION; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; DISASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; NEUROTOXICITY; OBESITY; POLLUTANT; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOBACCO; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS;

EID: 84925271045     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: 15452093     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031912-114413     Document Type: Review

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