Seafood Intake and Neurodevelopment: A Systematic Review

Current environmental health reports

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 46-77

  Avella Garcia, Claudia B ^a,b,c,d,f   Julvez, Jordi ^a,b,d,e  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c Unitat Docent de Medicina Preventiva i Salut Publica H Mar UPF ASPB   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fish intake; Neurodevelopment; Postnatal; Pregnancy; Review; Seafood Chemicals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962249799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21965412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40572-013-0006-4     Document Type: Review

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