Environmental Hazards and Neurodevelopment
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Environmental Hazards and Neurodevelopment

Where Ecology and Well-Being Connect

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eBook - PDF

Environmental Hazards and Neurodevelopment

Where Ecology and Well-Being Connect

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This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.The rate of identification of children with neurobiological disabilities has been on the increase in recent years. Millions of dollars in research are being spent to understand the factors influencing these increases. The articles within this compendium shed vital light on this issue, confirming

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Year
2015
ISBN
9781498714389
Edition
1
Subtopic
Neurology

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. ABOUT THE EDITOR
  3. CONTENTS
  4. ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND HOW TO CITE
  5. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
  6. INTRODUCTION
  7. PART I: OVERVIEW
  8. Chapter 1: AMERICA’S CHILDREN AND THE ENVIRONMENT: NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS (EXCERPT FROM THE THIRD EDITION)
  9. Chapter 2: A STRATEGY FOR COMPARING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS AND OTHER RISK FACTORS TO NEURODEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN
  10. Chapter 3: DECODING NEURODEVELOPMENT: FINDINGS ON ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES AND SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY
  11. Chapter 4: SEVEN-YEAR NEURODEVELOPMENTAL SCORES AND PRENATAL EXPOSURE TO CHLORPYRIFOS, A COMMON AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDE
  12. Chapter 5: FETAL AND NEONATAL ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS
  13. PART II: AUTISM
  14. Chapter 6: A RESEARCH STRATEGY TO DISCOVER THE ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES OF AUTISM AND NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
  15. Chapter 7: A KEY ROLE FOR AN IMPAIRED DETOXIFICATION MECHANISM IN THE ETIOLOGY AND SEVERITY OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS
  16. Chapter 8: ASSESSMENT OF INFANTILE MINERAL IMBALANCES IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS (ASDs)
  17. Chapter 9: URINARY PORPHYRIN EXCRETION IN NEUROTYPICAL AND AUTISTIC CHILDREN
  18. Chapter 10: B-LYMPHOCYTES FROM A POPULATION OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER AND THEIR UNAFFECTED SIBLINGS EXHIBIT HYPERSENSITIVITY
  19. PART III: ADHD, LEARNING DISABILITIES, AND OTHER NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
  20. Chapter 11: ATTENTION DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER: A FOCUSED OVERVIEW FOR CHILDREN’S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCHERS
  21. Chapter 12: URINARY POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON METABOLITES AND ATTENTION/DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER, LEARNING DISABILITY, AND SPECI
  22. Chapter 13: SERUM PERFLUORINATED COMPOUND CONCENTRATION AND ATTENTION DEFICIT/ HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER IN CHILDREN 5–18 YEARS OF AGE
  23. Chapter 14: IN UTERO AND CHILDHOOD POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDE) EXPOSURES AND NEURODEVELOPMENT IN THE CHAMACOS STUDY
  24. PART IV: CONCLUSION
  25. Chapter 15: TAKING ACTION ON DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY: SCIENTISTS’ DUTIES TO PROTECT CHILDREN
  26. AUTHOR NOTES
  27. Back Cover