Prenatal Methylmercury and Cognitive Deficit

A cohort of 1022 consecutive singleton births during 1986-87 in the Faroe Islands, born to mothers who had consumed methylmercury-polluted pilot whale meat and having increased mercury concentrations in cord blood and maternal hair, received neurobehavioral evaluations at 7 years of age at Odense Un...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Pediatric Neurology Briefs
Main Author: J Gordon Millichap
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers 1997
Subjects:
prenatal methylmercury
visuospatial
developmental delay
Pediatrics
RJ1-570
Faroe Islands
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-11-12-7
https://doaj.org/article/b1cd33dfb3064685811f32a2074ed7bc
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Summary:A cohort of 1022 consecutive singleton births during 1986-87 in the Faroe Islands, born to mothers who had consumed methylmercury-polluted pilot whale meat and having increased mercury concentrations in cord blood and maternal hair, received neurobehavioral evaluations at 7 years of age at Odense University, Denmark.

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