Association between prenatal exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers and young children's neurodevelopment in China

Environmental Research

Volumn 142, Issue , 2015, Pages 104-111

  Ding, Guodong ^a,b   Yu, Jing ^c   Cui, Chang ^d   Chen, Limei ^a   Gao, Yu ^a   Wang, Caifeng ^a   Zhou, Yijun ^a   Tian, Ying ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED SIXTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^d Research Base of Key Laboratory of Surveillance and Early warning on Infectious Disease in China CDC   (China)

Author keywords

Children; China; Neurodevelopment; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT;

BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH IMPACT; MATERNAL HEALTH; NEUROLOGY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PBDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RURAL POPULATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SEASHORE; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FETUS BLOOD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA;

ANIMALIA;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84933039608     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.06.008     Document Type: Article

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