Effect of Prenatal Exposure to Airborne Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons on Neurodevelopment in the First Three Years of Life Among Inner-City Children

ByFrederica P. Perera, Virginia Rauh, Robin M. Whyatt, Wei-Yann Tsai, Deliang Tang, Diurka Diaz, Lori Hoepner, Dana Barr, Yi-Hsuan Tu, David Camann, and Patrick Kinney
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DescriptionEffect of Prenatal Exposure to Airborne Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons on Neurodevelopment in the First Three Years of Life Among Inner-City Children

Prenatal exposure to air pollutants in New York City can adversely affect child development, according to the results of a study released today by the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health. The study is the first to reveal that those pollutants can affect cognitive development during childhood.

The full article is available in the online version of Environmental Health Perspectives in a pdf format.The abstract is available in the following pdf file:

http://www.ehponline.org/members/2006/9084/9084.pdf

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Date03-06-2006 at 06h23