Prenatal DDT and DDE exposure and child IQ in the CHAMACOS cohort

Environment International

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 206-212

  Gaspar, Fraser W ^a   Harley, Kim G ^a   Kogut, Katherine ^a   Chevrier, Jonathan ^b   Mora, Ana Maria ^a,c   Sjödin, Andreas ^d   Eskenazi, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Back extrapolation; Children's health; Cognitive development; Environmental exposures; Persistent organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

MALARIA CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CHILDREN'S HEALTH; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DICHLORO-DIPHENYL-DICHLOROETHYLENE; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATIONS; LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP);

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE;

CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DDE; DDT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BOY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GIRL; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE FOR CHILDREN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; CALIFORNIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGY;

CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84942518910     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.09.004     Document Type: Article

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