Prenatal PBDE and PCB exposures and reading, cognition, and externalizing behavior in children

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 746-752

  Zhang, Hongmei ^a   Yolton, Kimberly ^b   Webster, Glenys M ^c   Sjödin, Andreas ^d   Calafat, Antonia M ^d   Dietrich, Kim N ^e   Xu, Yingying ^b   Xie, Changchun ^e   Braun, Joseph M ^f   Lanphear, Bruce P ^c   Chen, Aimin ^e  

^a SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; LIPID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT SYSTEM FOR CHILDREN-2; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; FULL-SCALE INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROTOXICITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM BEHAVIOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; READING; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE FOR CHILDREN-IV; WOODCOCK–JOHNSON TESTS OF ACHIEVEMENT III; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METABOLISM; OHIO; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OHIO; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; READING;

EID: 85016749128     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/EHP478     Document Type: Article

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