The influence of maternal dietary exposure to dioxins and PCBs during pregnancy on ADHD symptoms and cognitive functions in Norwegian preschool children

Environment International

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 649-660

  Caspersen, Ida Henriette ^a   Aase, Heidi ^a   Biele, Guido ^a   Brantsæter, Anne Lise ^a   Haugen, Margaretha ^a   Kvalem, Helen Engelstad ^b   Skogan, Annette Holth ^c,d   Zeiner, Pål ^c   Alexander, Jan ^a   Meltzer, Helle Margrete ^a   Knutsen, Helle K ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b BJØRKNES UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Vestre Viken Hospital   (Norway)

Author keywords

ADHD; Cognitive function; Dioxin; MoBa; PCB; The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; OBSTETRICS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ADHD; COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; DIOXIN; MOBA;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOMARKER; CHILD HEALTH; COGNITION; DIET; DIOXIN; HEALTH IMPACT; MENTAL HEALTH; PCB; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR RATING INVENTORY OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTION PRESCHOOL VERSION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT INVENTORY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NORWEGIAN (PEOPLE); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL AGE PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT INTERVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SKILL; STANFORD BINET 5TH REVISION; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION STUDY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COGNITION; DIET; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MOTHER; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

NORWAY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DIET; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTHERS; NORWAY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84989221939     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.06.033     Document Type: Article

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