Novel application of statistical methods for analysis of multiple toxicants identifies DDT as a risk factor for early child behavioral problems

Environmental Research

Volumn 151, Issue , 2016, Pages 91-100

  Forns, Joan ^a   Mandal, Siddhartha ^a   Iszatt, Nina ^a   Polder, Anuschka ^b   Thomsen, Cathrine ^a   Lyche, Jan Ludvig ^b   Stigum, Hein ^a   Vermeulen, Roel ^c   Eggesbø, Merete ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child development; Chlordane; Complex mixtures; Dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethylene; Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane; Hexachlorobenzene; Nervous system; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; POLLUTANT;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOACCUMULATION; BREASTFEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DDT; MILK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE; PCB; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL APPLICATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BREAST MILK; CHECKLIST; CHILD; ELASTIC TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT TODDLER SYMPTOM CHECKLIST; MALE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; NORWAY; POLLUTANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

NORWAY;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; NORWAY; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84979211179     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.07.014     Document Type: Article

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