Prenatal Methylmercury and Cognitive Deficit
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https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-11-12-7Keywords:
Prenatal Methylmercury, Visuospatial, Developmental DelayAbstract
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.Published
1997-12-01
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Toxic and Substance Use Disorders
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