Dose–Response Relationship of Prenatal Mercury Exposure and IQ: An Integrative Analysis of Epidemiologic Data
Author(s) -
Daniel A. Axelrad,
David C. Bellinger,
Louise Ryan,
Tracey J. Woodruff
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.9303
Subject(s) - intelligence quotient , mercury (programming language) , confidence interval , mercury exposure , cognition , point estimation , prenatal exposure , medicine , psychology , statistics , pregnancy , gestation , psychiatry , biology , mathematics , ecology , programming language , genetics , computer science , biomonitoring
Prenatal exposure to mercury has been associated with adverse childhood neurologic outcomes in epidemiologic studies. Dose-response information for this relationship is useful for estimating benefits of reduced mercury exposure.
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