Placental dna methylation related to both infant toenail mercury and adverse neurobehavioral outcomes

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 123, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 723-729

  Maccani, Jennifer Z J ^a   Koestler, Devin C ^b   Lester, Barry ^c   Andres Houseman E ^d   Armstrong, David A ^e   Kelsey, Karl T ^f,g   Marsit, Carmen J ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CPG ISLAND; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAIL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGY; RHODE ISLAND;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MERCURY; NAILS; NEONATAL SCREENING; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RHODE ISLAND;

EID: 84936120366     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1408561     Document Type: Article

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