Titre :
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Association between methylmercury exposure from fish consumption and child development at five and a half years of age in the Seychelles child development study : an evaluation of nonlinear relationships. (2000)
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Auteurs :
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Catherine AXTELL ;
Elsa CERNICHIARI ;
A.L. CHOI ;
Christopher COX ;
P.W. DAVIDSON ;
et al. ;
G.J. MYERS ;
Mercury as a global polluant : 5 th international conference. (23-28/05/1999; Rio de Janeiro (BRA))
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Environmental research (vol. 84, n° 2, 2000/10)
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Pagination :
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71-80
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Toxicité
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Risque
;
Mercure
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Contamination aliment
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Poisson
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Consommation alimentaire
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Exposition
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Femme enceinte
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Nourrisson
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Développement intellectuel
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Evaluation
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Toxicologie
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Epidémiologie
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Mesure risque
;
Dose effet
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Seychelles
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Résumé :
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In the first study the authers evaluated whether nonlinear effects of methylmercury exposure were present, using scores on six tests administered to cohort children in the Seychelles Child Development Study at 66 months of age. Prenatal exposure was determined by measuring mercury in a segment of maternal scalp hair representing growth during pregnancy. Postnatal exposure was measured in a segment of the child's hair taken at 66-months of age. Generalized additive models (GAMs), which make no assumptions about the functional form of the relationship between exposure and test score, were used in the analysis. (adapté du texte).
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