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Neuropsychological function in school-age children with low mercury exposures.
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Surkan, Pamela J (author)
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Wypij, David (author)
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Trachtenberg, Felicia (author)
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Daniel, David B (author)
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- Barregård, Lars, 1948 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa,Institute of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine
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McKinlay, Sonja (author)
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Bellinger, David C (author)
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- Elsevier BV, 2009
- 2009
- English.
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In: Environmental research. - : Elsevier BV. - 1096-0953 .- 0013-9351. ; 109:6, s. 728-33
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Abstract
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- The EPA reference dose for methylmercury (MeHg) was established using data from populations with greater exposures than those typical of the US. Few data are available on potential adverse health effects at lower levels. We examined relationships between hair mercury (Hg) levels and neuropsychological outcomes in a population of US children. This study included data from 355 children ages 6-10 enrolled in the New England Children's Amalgam Trial. Data on total hair Hg levels, sociodemographic information and neuropsychological function were collected. We evaluated associations between hair Hg and neuropsychological test scores with linear regression methods and used generalized additive models to determine the shape of associations that departed from linearity. Models controlled for relevant covariates, including the potential beneficial effects of consuming fish. In adjusted models, we observed no significant linear relationships between hair Hg level and any test score. Significant departures from linearity were identified for WIAT Math Reasoning and WRAMVA Visual-Motor Composite scores. The association was positive for hair Hg levels below 0.5 microg/g and negative for levels between 0.5 and 1.0 microg/g. Overall, test scores of children with hair Hg levels 1.0 microg/g appeared to be lower than those of children with levels < 1.0 microg/g, but few children had levels in this upper range and these differences did not reach statistical significance. Hair Hg levels below 1.0 microg/g in US school-age children were not adversely related to neuropsychological function.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Arbetsmedicin och miljömedicin (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Occupational Health and Environmental Health (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Dermatologi och venereologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Dermatology and Venereal Diseases (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Child
- Child Development
- drug effects
- Cognition
- drug effects
- Dental Amalgam
- analysis
- chemistry
- toxicity
- Female
- Hair
- chemistry
- Humans
- Male
- Mercury Compounds
- analysis
- pharmacokinetics
- toxicity
- Models
- Statistical
- Nervous System
- drug effects
- growth & development
- Neuropsychological Tests
- New England
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Spectrophotometry
- Atomic
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- art (subject category)
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