Fróðskaparrit - 01.01.2004, Síða 71

WORKS IN ENGLISH FROM AND ABOUT THE FAROE ISLANDS
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286: Grandjean, P./Weihe, P./White, R.F./
Debes, F./ Araki, S./Yokoyama, K./Murata,
K./Sorensen, N./Dahl, R./Jorgensen, P.J.:
Cognitive deficit in 7-year-old children with
prenatal exposure to methylmercury
in: Neurotoxicology and Teratology, vol. 19,
1997, no. 6, pp. 417-428
<Major siudy based on a thorough neurobehavioral
examination of 917 Faroese children during the
years 1986-1987>
287: Grandjean, Philippe/Budtz-Jørgensen,
Esben/ White, Roberta F./Jørgensen, Poul
J./Weihe, Pal/Debes, Frodi/Keiding, Niels:
Methylmercury Exposure Biomarkers as
Indicators of Neurotoxicity in Children
Aged 7 Years
in: American Journal of Epidetniology, vol.
150, 1999, pp. 301-305, 2 tables, references
<”The authors compared regression coefficients
for five se'ts of exposure biomarkers in 917 childen
from the Faroe Islands examined at birth, 1 year and
7 years.” Quoted from abstract. Cf. no. 085 of this
supplement, Book of Abstracts ..., p. 19>
288: Grand jean, Philippe/Bjerve, Kristian S./
Weihe, Pál/Steuerwald, Ulrike: Birthweight
in a fishing community: significance of essen-
tial fatty acids and marine food contami-
nants
in: International Journal of Epidemiology, vol.
30, 2001, no. 6, pp. 1271-1278, 6 tables, I fig-
ure, references
<Results of an epidemiological study performed
in the Faroe Islands in 1994/95 confirms that a
high intake of essential fatty acids from seafood
is associated with a longer duration of pregnancy.
Cf. S.F. Olsen: [Commentary] Mercury, PCB, and
now eicosapenlaeonic acid: still another reason why
pregnant women should be concerned about eating
seafood? on pp. 1289-1280 of same issue>
289: Grandjean, P./Weihe, P./Burse, V.W./
Needham, L.L./Storr-Hansen, E./Heinzow,
B./Debes, F./Murata, K./Simonsen, H./
Ellefsen, P./Budtz-Jørgensen, E./Keiding, N./
White, R.F.: Neurobehavioral deficits associ-
ated with PCB in 7-year-oId children prena-
tally exposed to sea-food neurotoxicants
in: Neurotoxicology and Teratology, vol. 23,
2001, pp. 305-317
<Results of a study of prenatal exposure to PCBs
examined by analysis of cord tissue from 435 chil-
dren from a Faroese birth cohort>
290: Grandjean, P./White, R.F./Sullivan, K./
Debes, F./Murata, K./Otto, D.A./Weihe, P.:
Inipact of contrast sensitivity performance
on visually presented neurobehavioral tests
in mercury-exposed children
in: Neurotoxicology and Teratology, vol. 23,
2001, no. 2, pp. 141-146
<Based on data from 917 mercury-exposed children
at age 7 years from the Faroe Islands>
291: Grandjean, Philippe/Budtz-Jørgensen,
Esben/Steuerwald, Ulrike/Heinzow, Birger/
Needham, Larry L./Jørgensen, Poul J./
Weihe, Pál: Attenuated growth of breast-fed
children exposed to increased concentra-
tions of methylmercury and polychlorinated
biphenyls
in: FASEB Journal, vol. 17, 2003, no. 6, pp.
699-701, 1 figure, 1 table
<A study based on a Faroese birtli cohort of 182
singleton children, born in 1994-1995>
292: Grauert, Marianne/Bjorck, Svante/
Bondevik, Stein: Storegga tsunami depo-
sits in a coastal Iake on Suðuroy, the Faroe
Islands
in: Boreas. Oslo, vol. 30, 2001, pp. 263-271, 8
figures, 1 table, references
<A study of presumed deposits of the Storegga
tsunami which were recognized in Vagur lake on
Suðuroy. The tsunami event was dated to 7300 and
6400 BP>