Open AccessRelation between Cord Blood Mercury Levels and Early Child Development in a World Trade Center Cohort
Author(s) -
Sally Ann Lederman,
Robert L. Jones,
Kathleen L. Caldwell,
Virginia Rauh,
Stephen E. Sheets,
Deliang Tang,
Sheila Viswanathan,
Mark Becker,
Janet Stein,
Richard Y. Wang,
Frederica P. Perera
Publication year - 2008
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.10831
Subject(s) - bayley scales of infant development , cord blood , medicine , mercury (programming language) , pregnancy , psychomotor learning , umbilical cord , mercury exposure , wechsler adult intelligence scale , fish consumption , methylmercury , confounding , intelligence quotient , gestational age , pediatrics , physiology , cognition , biology , psychiatry , computer science , fish <actinopterygii> , programming language , biomonitoring , ecology , anatomy , fishery , bioaccumulation , genetics
This study was designed to determine whether prenatal mercury exposure, including potential releases from the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster, adversely affects fetal growth and child development.
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