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Neurodevelopmental toxicity of prenatal polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by chemical structure and activity: a birth cohort study

Overview of attention for article published in Environmental Health, August 2010
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (87th percentile)
  • Above-average Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (62nd percentile)

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Title
Neurodevelopmental toxicity of prenatal polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by chemical structure and activity: a birth cohort study
Published in
Environmental Health, August 2010
DOI 10.1186/1476-069x-9-51
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Authors

Hye-Youn Park, Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Eva Sovcikova, Anton Kocan, Beata Drobna, Tomas Trnovec

Abstract

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are ubiquitous environmental toxins. Although there is growing evidence to support an association between PCBs and deficits of neurodevelopment, the specific mechanisms are not well understood. The potentially different roles of specific PCB groups defined by chemical structures or hormonal activities e.g., dioxin-like, non-dioxin like, or anti-estrogenic PCBs, remain unclear. Our objective was to examine the association between prenatal exposure to defined subsets of PCBs and neurodevelopment in a cohort of infants in eastern Slovakia enrolled at birth in 2002-2004.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 2%
Belgium 2 2%
Nigeria 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Unknown 95 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 19 19%
Student > Master 16 16%
Student > Doctoral Student 11 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 10%
Student > Bachelor 9 9%
Other 18 18%
Unknown 18 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 16 16%
Psychology 13 13%
Environmental Science 12 12%
Medicine and Dentistry 9 9%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 6%
Other 23 23%
Unknown 22 22%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 May 2014.
All research outputs
#2,932,753
of 22,755,127 outputs
Outputs from Environmental Health
#502
of 1,485 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#11,504
of 94,860 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Environmental Health
#6
of 16 outputs
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