Relation of Prenatal Methylmercury Exposure from Environmental Sources to Childhood IQ
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Relation of Prenatal Methylmercury Exposure from Environmental Sources to Childhood IQ
BACKGROUND Although prenatal methylmercury exposure has been linked to poorer intellectual function in several studies, data from two major prospective, longitudinal studies yielded contradictory results. Associations with cognitive deficits were reported in a Faroe Islands cohort, but few were found in a study in the Seychelles Islands. It has been suggested that co-exposure to another contami...
متن کاملBiological matrices for the evaluation of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke during prenatal life and childhood.
The measurement of nicotine and its major metabolites cotinine and trans-3 -hydroxicotinine together with other minor metabolites (e.g., cotinine N-oxide, cotinine, and trans-3 -hydroxicotinine glucuronides) in conventional and nonconventional biological matrices has been used as a biomarker to assess the exposure to environmental tobacco smoke during childhood. The determination of these subst...
متن کاملPrenatal methylmercury exposure and children: neurologic, developmental, and behavioral research.
Mercury is present in the earth's crust and is methylated by bacteria in aquatic environments to methylmercury (MeHg). It is then concentrated by the food chain so predatory fish and sea mammals have the highest levels. Thus, consuming seafood leads to exposure. MeHg readily crosses the placenta and the blood-brain barrier and is neurotoxic. The developing fetal nervous system is especially sen...
متن کاملPrenatal Methylmercury Exposure through Rice Consumption in Rural China
Background: Methylmercury is one of the most toxic forms of mercury, which severely afflicts the developing fetus. Methylmercury exposure occurs not only through fish consumption but also through rice consumption. However, rice does not contain the same beneficial micronutrients that fish/shellfish has. Therefore, prenatal methylmercury exposure through maternal rice consumption may potentially...
متن کاملAutoantibodies associated with prenatal and childhood exposure to environmental chemicals in Faroese children.
Methylmercury, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) are ubiquitous and persistent environmental chemicals with known or suspected toxic effects on the nervous system and the immune system. Animal studies have shown that tissue damage can elicit production of autoantibodies. However, it is not known if autoantibodies similarly will be generated and detectable in ...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1408554