Perinatal and Childhood Exposure to Cadmium, Manganese, and Metal Mixtures and Effects on Cognition and Behavior: A Review of Recent Literature

Current environmental health reports

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 284-294

  Sanders, Alison P ^a   Claus Henn, Birgit ^b   Wright, Robert O ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cadmium; Childhood; Cognition; Manganese; Metal mixtures

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; MANGANESE; METAL; POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MANGANESE; METALS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84989357251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21965412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40572-015-0058-8     Document Type: Article

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