Relation of prenatal methylmercury exposure from environmental sources to childhood IQ

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 827-833

  Jacobson, Joseph L ^a   Muckle, Gina ^b   Ayotte, Pierre ^b   Dewailly, Éric ^b   Jacobson, Sandra W ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LEAD; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; SELENIUM; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTUAL REASONING INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING SPEED INDEX; VERBAL COMPREHENSION INDEX; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WORKING MEMORY INDEX; ARCTIC; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTELLIGENCE; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; QUEBEC; TOXICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ARCTIC REGIONS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUEBEC;

EID: 84929449315     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1408554     Document Type: Article

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