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Prenatal methylmercury exposure and genetic predisposition to cognitive deficit at age 8 years.
Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) - 1 Sept 2013
Julvez Jordi, Smith George Davey, Golding Jean, Ring Susan, Pourcain Beate St, Gonzalez Juan Ramon, Grandjean Philippe
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BACKGROUND: Cognitive consequences at school age associated with prenatal methylmercury (MeHg) exposure may need to take into account nutritional and sociodemographic cofactors as well as relevant genetic polymorphisms. METHODS: A subsample (n = 1,311) of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (Bristol, UK) was selected, and mercury (Hg) concentrations were measured in freeze-dried umbilical cord...
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