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  1. Environmental toxicants and child development

    Environmental toxicants and child development

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    Environmental toxicants can affect a child's development as early as the foetal stage. The NeuroTox and MoBa-PlastChem projects contribute to insights on how certain chemicals impact development during this vulnerable phase and how this relates to health development in childhood and adolescence.
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  2. MoBa-PlastChem: Prenatal exposure to plastic chemicals and health and development in children and adolescents from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study

    MoBa-PlastChem: Prenatal exposure to plastic chemicals and health and development in children and adolescents from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study

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    The purpose of this study is to investigate whether prenatal exposure to environmental toxicants, originating from plastic production or products, is associated with reproductive health problems in children and adolescents.
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  3. Prenatal exposure to toxicants and childhood neurodevelopmental disorders and cognitive functions (NeuroTox)

    Prenatal exposure to toxicants and childhood neurodevelopmental disorders and cognitive functions (NeuroTox)

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    Do maternal blood levels of perfluoroalkyl substances and different metals (e.g. mercury, lead, and arsenic) during pregnancy have negative effects on neurodevelopment in children?
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  4. Heavy metals and essential minerals during pregnancy and associations with ADHD and autism in children

    Heavy metals and essential minerals during pregnancy and associations with ADHD and autism in children

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    Levels of the heavy metals cadmium, lead, and arsenic and the essential mineral manganese during pregnancy, were associated with increased risk of ADHD and/or autism in the child.
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  5. Prenatal exposure to toxicants and childhood neurodevelopmental disorders and cognitive functions (NeuroTox)

    Prenatal exposure to toxicants and childhood neurodevelopmental disorders and cognitive functions (NeuroTox)

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    Environmental chemicals may affect child development already in the womb.
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