Research Review: Environmental exposures, neurodevelopment, and child mental health – new paradigms for the study of brain and behavioral effects

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 775-793

  Rauh, Virginia A ^a   Margolis, Amy E ^a,b  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

brain development; environmental influences; Mental health; neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; BRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPLICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD POISONING; MENTAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, CHILDHOOD; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS; PESTICIDES;

EID: 84960967990     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12537     Document Type: Article

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