Neurodevelopment Outcomes in Children Exposed to Organic Mercury from Multiple Sources in a Tin-Ore Mine Environment in Brazil

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 432-441

  Marques, Rejane C ^a   Bernardi, José V E ^b   Abreu, Luciana ^c   Dórea, José G ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c Statistika Consultoria   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; METHYLMERCURY; TIN; MERCURY; POLLUTANT;

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINING; NEUROLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; BAYLEY SCALES OF INFANT DEVELOPMENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BOY; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GIRL; HAIR LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINING; MOTHER; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WALKING; ANALYSIS; BREAST FEEDING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; POLLUTANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOXICITY;

BRAZIL;

BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MERCURY; MINING; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84928591651     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-014-0103-x     Document Type: Article

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