PREVIOUS ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS

Publications on CHEF projects through 2002:

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1) Grandjean P, Weihe P, Jørgensen PJ, Clarkson T, Cernichiari E, Viderø T. Impact of maternal seafood diet on fetal exposure to mercury, selenium, and lead. Arch Environ Health 1992; 47: 185-95.

2) Grandjean P, Weihe P. Neurobehavioral effects of intrauterine mercury exposure: potential sources of bias. Environ Res 1993; 61: 176-83.

3) Olsen S, Grandjean P, Weihe P, Viderø T. Seafood intake in pregnancy as a determinant of birth weight: Evidence for a dose-dependent relationship. J Epidemiol Comm Health 1993; 47: 436-40.

4) Grandjean P, Jørgensen PJ, Weihe P. Human milk as a source of methylmercury exposure in infants. Environ Health Perspec 1994; 102: 74-7.

5) Weihe P, Grandjean P. Sources and magnitude of mercury exposure in the Faroe Islands, overall design of the cohort study. Proceedings of the international symposium on assessment of environmental pollution and health effects of methylmercury, Kumamoto, 1994, pp. 112-26.

6) White RF, Debes F, Dahl R, Grandjean P. Development and field testing of a neuropsychological test battery to assess the effects of methylmercury exposure in the Faroe Islands. Ibid., pp. 127-40.

7) Araki S, Murata K, Yokoyama K, Okajima F, Grandjean P, Weihe P. Neuroelectrophysiological study of children in low-level methylmercury exposure in the Faroe Islands: Methodology and preliminary findings. Ibid., pp. 141-51.

8) Grandjean P, Weihe P. Neurobehavioral effects of intrauterine methylmercury exposure: Bias problems in epidemiological studies. Ibid., pp. 152-62.

9) Dalgård C, Grandjean P, Jørgensen PJ, Weihe P. Mercury in the umbilical cord: Implications for risk assessment for Minamata disease. Environ Health Perspec 1994; 102: 548-50.

10) Grandjean P, Weihe P, Nielsen JB. Methylmercury: Significance of intrauterine and postnatal exposures. Clin Chem 1994; 40: 1395-1400.

11) Grandjean P, Weihe P, White RF. Milestone development in infants exposed to methylmercury from human milk. Neurotoxicol 1995; 16: 27-33.

12) Grandjean P, Weihe P, Needham LL, Burse VW, Patterson DG Jr, Sampson EJ, Jørgensen PJ, Vahter M. Effect of a seafood diet on mercury, selenium, arsenic, and PCBs and other organochlorines in human milk. Environ Res 1995; 71: 29-38.

13) White RF, Grandjean PA, Weihe P. An overview of human studies on CNS effects of methylmercury. Proceedings of the National Forum on Mercury in Fish. (Publication EPA 823-R-95-002). Washington, DC: U.S.Environmental Protection Agency, 1995, pp. 109-112.

14) Grandjean P, White RF, Weihe P. Neurobehavioral epidemiology: Application in risk assessment. Environ Health Perspec 1996; 104 (Suppl.4): 397-400.

15) Weihe P, Grandjean P, Debes F, White R. Health implications for Faroe Islanders of heavy metals and PCBs from pilot whales. Sci Tot Environ 1996; 186: 141-8.

16) Dahl R, White RF, Weihe P, Sørensen N, Letz R, Hudnell K, Otto DA, Grandjean P. Feasibility and validity of three computer-assisted neurobehavioral tests in 7-year old children. Neurotoxicol Teratol 1996; 18: 413-9.

17) Grandjean P, Weihe P, White RF, Debes F, Araki S, Murata K, Sørensen N, Dahl D, Yokoyama K, Jørgensen PJ. Cognitive deficit in 7-year-old children with prenatal exposure to methylmercury. Neurotoxicol Teratol 1997; 19: 417-28.

18) Weihe P, Grandjean P. Methylmercury risks (letter). Science 1998; 279: 639.

19) Grandjean P, Weihe P. A new era of mercury hazards (editorial). Environ Res 1998; 77: 67.

20) Grandjean P, Weihe P, White RF, Debes F. Cognitive performance of children prenatally exposed to 'safe' levels of methylmercury. Environ Res 1998; 77: 165-72.

21) Akagi H, Grandjean P, Takizawa Y, Weihe P. Methylmercury dose estimation from umbilical cord concentrations in patients with Minamata disease. Environ Res 1998; 77: 98-103.

22) Grandjean P, White RF. Effects of methylmercury exposure on neurodevelopment (letter). J Am Med Assoc 1999; 281: 896.

23) Budtz-Jørgensen E, Keiding N, Grandjean P, White RF, Weihe P. Methylmercury Neurotoxicity Independent of PCB Exposure (letter). Environ Health Perspect 1999; 107: A236-7.

24) Sørensen N, Murata K, Budtz-Jørgensen E, Weihe P, Grandjean P. Blood pressure and heart rate in 7-year-old children with prenatal exposure to methylmercury. Epidemiol 1999; 10: 370 5.

25) Murata K, Weihe P, Araki S, Budtz-Jørgensen E, Grandjean P. Evoked potentials in Faroese children prenatally exposed to methylmercury. Neurotoxicol Teratol 1999; 21: 471-2.

26) Grandjean P, Budtz-Jørgensen E, White RF, Jørgensen PJ, Weihe P, Debes F, Keiding N. Methylmercury exposure biomarkers as indicators of neurotoxicity in 7-year-old children. Am J Epidemiol 1999; 150: 301 5.

27) Grandjean P. Mercury Risks: Controversy or Just Uncertainty? Publ Health Rep 1999; 114: 512-5.

28) Steuerwald U, Weihe P, Jørgensen PJ, Bjerve K, Brock J, Heinzow B, Budtz-Jørgensen E, Grandjean P. Maternal seafood diet, methylmercury exposure, and neonatal neurological function. J Pediatr 2000; 136: 599 605.

29) Budtz Jørgensen E, Grandjean P, Keiding N, White RF, Weihe P. Benchmark dose calculations of methylmercury-associated neurobehavioural deficits. Toxicol Lett 2000; 112-3: 193-9.

30) Nielsen JB, Nielsen F, Jørgensen PJ, Grandjean P. Toxic metals and selenium in blood from pilot whale (Globicephala melas) and sperm whale (Physeter catodon). Marine Pollut Bull 2000; 40: 348-51.

31) Grandjean P, Bjerve KS, Weihe P, Steuerwald U. Birth weight in a fishing community: significance of essential fatty acids and marine food contaminants. Int J Epidemiol 2001; 30: 1272 8.

32) Budtz-Jørgensen E, Keiding N. Grandjean P. Benchmark dose calculation from epidemiological data. Biometrics 2001; 57: 698 706.

33) Grandjean P, White RF, Sullivan K, Debes F, Murata K, Otto DA, Weihe P. Impact of contrast sensitivity performance on visually-presented neurobehavioral tests in mercury-exposed children. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2001; 23: 141-6.

34) Grandjean P, White RF. Neurobehavioral dysfunction as possible sentinel. Hum Ecol Risk Assess 2001; 7: 1079-89.

35) Grandjean P, Weihe P, Burse VW, Needham LL, Storr-Hansen E, Heinzow B, Debes F, Murata K, Simonsen H, Ellefsen P, Budtz-Jørgensen E, Keiding N, White RF. Neurobehavioral deficits associated with PCB in 7-year-old children prenatally exposed to seafood neurotoxicants. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2001; 23: 305 17.

36) Murata K, Weihe P, Araki S, Grandjean P. Delayed evoked potentials in children exposed to methylmercury from seafood: Madeira and Faroe Islands. In; Proceedings of US-Japan workshop on human health effects of low dose methylmercury exposure. Minamata: National Institute for Disease, 2001, pp. 90-106.

37) Fängström B, Athanassiadis I, Athanasiadou M, Grandjean P, Weihe P, Bergman Å. Hydroxylated PCB metabolites in non-hatched Faroe Island fulmar eggs. Organohalogen Compounds 2001; 49: 112-5.

38) Grandjean P, Jørgensen PJ, Weihe P. Validity of mercury exposure biomarkers. In: Wilson SH, Suk WA, Eds. Biomarkers of Environmentally Associated Disease. Boca Raton, FL, CRC Press/Lewis Publishers, 2002, pp. 235-47.

39) Budtz-Jørgensen E, Keiding N, Grandjean P, Weihe P. Estimation of health effects of prenatal methylmercury exposure using structural equation models. Environ Health 2002; 1:2

40) Grandjean P, White RF. Developmental effects of environmental neurotoxicants. In: Tamburlini G, von Ehrenstein O, Bertollini R, eds. Children’s health and environment. Environmental issue report No. 29. Copenhagen: European Environment Agency, 2002, pp. 66-78.

41) Lanzirotti A, Jones KW, Clarkson TW, Grandjean P. Human health risks from methyl mercury in fish. Science Highlights - National Synchroton Light Source Activity Report. Upton, NY: Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2002, pp. 97-9.

42) Mol NM, Sørensen N, Weihe P, Andersson A-M, Jørgensen N, Skakkebæk NE, Keiding N, Grandjean P. Spermaturia and serum hormone concentrations at puberty age in boys prenatally exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls. Eur J Endocrinol 2002; 146: 357-63.

43) Murata K, Budtz-Jørgensen E, Grandjean P. Benchmark dose calculations for methylmercury-associated delays on evoked potential latencies in children. Risk Anal 2002; 22: 465-74.

45) Weihe P, Hansen JC, Murata K, Debes F, Jørgensen PJ, Steuerwald U, White RF, Grandjean P. Neurobehavioral Performance of Inuit Children with Increased Prenatal Exposure to Methylmercury. Int J Circumpolar Health 2002; 61: 41-9.