Urinary amino acid alterations in 3-year-old children with neurodevelopmental effects due to perinatal dioxin exposure in Vietnam: a nested case-control study for neurobiomarker discovery.

In our previous study of 3-year-old children in a dioxin contamination hot spot in Vietnam, the high total dioxin toxic equivalent (TEQ-PCDDs/Fs)-exposed group during the perinatal period displayed lower Bayley III neurodevelopmental scores, whereas the high 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD...

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Main Authors: Muneko Nishijo, Pham The Tai, Nguyen Thi Nguyet Anh, Tran Ngoc Nghi, Hideaki Nakagawa, Hoang Van Luong, Tran Hai Anh, Yuko Morikawa, Tomoo Waseda, Teruhiko Kido, Hisao Nishijo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4293140?pdf=render