Simple reaction time in 8-9-year old children environmentally exposed to PCBs

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 138-144

  Šovčíková, Eva ^a   Wimmerová, Soňa ^a   Strémy, Maximilián ^b   Kotianová, Janette ^b   Loffredo, Christopher A ^c   Murínová, Ľubica Palkovičová ^a   Chovancová, Jana ^a   Čonka, Kamil ^a   Lancz, Kinga ^a   Trnovec, Tomáš ^a  

^a SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Environmental exposure; Ex Gaussian function; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Simple reaction time

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLLUTANT;

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIMPLE REACTION TIME; SLOVAKIA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; POLLUTANT; REACTION TIME; TOXICITY;

CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84946403842     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: 18729711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2015.10.005     Document Type: Article

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