Many factors affect the growth and development of children, including chemicals in the
environment. Children have greater exposure to toxicants than adults due to both behavior …

In recent years there has been heightened concern over the potential impact of
environmental exposures on neurological function in children. Children are thought to be …

Neurobehavioral tests have long been used to assess health effects in exposed working
adult populations. The heightened concern over the potential impact of environmental …

Abstract The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry convened a workshop in
Atlanta, GA, that evaluated approaches and methods to ascertain whether there are …

There is increasing concern over the impact of low-dose exposures to environmental
chemicals on children's neurobehavioral function. To determine subtle alterations in …

Assessment of change in behavioral functioning in children as a function of neurotoxicity is
not a trivial undertaking. Psychological tests, widely (though erroneously) considered to be …

The importance of including neurodevelopmental end points in environmental studies is
clear. A validated measure of cognitive function in human infants that also has a …

Epidemiological studies have been of critical importance to the understanding of the effects
of environmental chemical exposure during development on the behavior of infants and …

Background: Neurobehavioral tests are commonly used in studies of children exposed to
low-level environmental concentrations of compounds known to be neurotoxic at higher …

The Behavioral Assessment and Research System (BARS) is a computer-based testing
system designed to assess neurobehavioral function in humans. It was developed to provide …