The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 148, Issue 6 , Pages 716-718 , June 2006

Risks to child health from methylmercury exposure in immigrant populations

  • Joseph L. Jacobson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Departments of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Psychology
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Joseph L. Jacobson, PhD, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 2751 E. Jefferson, Suite 460, Detroit, Michigan 48207
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  • Sandra W. Jacobson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48207

References 

  1. Innis SM , Palaty J , Vaghri Z , Lockitch M . Increased levels of mercury associated with high fish intakes among children from Vancouver, Canada . J Pediatr . 2006;148:759–763
  2. Jacobson JL , Jacobson SW . Intellectual impairment in children exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls in utero . N Engl J Med . 1996;335:783–789
  3. Patantin S , Lanting C , Mulder PGH , Boersma ER , Sauer PJJ , Weisglas-Kuperus N . Effects of environmental exposure to PCBs and dioxins on cognitive abilities in Dutch children at 42 months of age . J Pediatr . 1999;134:33–41
  4. Jacobson JL , Jacobson SW . Breast-feeding and gender as moderators of teratogenic effects on cognitive development . Neurotoxicol Teratol . 2002;24:349–358
  5. Grandjean P , Weihe P , White RF , et al.   Cognitive deficit in 7-year-old children with prenatal exposure to Methylmercury . Neurotoxicol Teratol . 1997;19:417–428
  6. Myers GJ , Davidson PW , Cox C , et al.   Prenatal methylmerucry exposure from ocean fish consumption in the Seychelles child development study . Lancet . 2003;361:1686–1692
  7. Jacobson JL . Contending with contradictory data in a risk assessment context (the case of methylmercury) . NeuroToxicology . 2001;22:667–675
  8. Rice D , Schoeny R , Mahaffey K . Methods and rationale for derivation of a reference dose for methyl mercury by the US Environmental Protection Agency . Risk Anal . 2003;23:107–115

 Supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (R01-ES07902) and the Joseph Young, Sr., Fund from the State of Michigan.

PII: S0022-3476(06)00266-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.03.047

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 148, Issue 6 , Pages 716-718 , June 2006

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