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Gina Muckle

Professor, Psychology, Université Laval
Verified email at psy.ulaval.ca
Cited by 9175

Prenatal exposure of the northern Québec Inuit infants to environmental contaminants.

G Muckle, P Ayotte, E Dewailly E… - Environmental …, 2001 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
The Inuit population residing in Nunavik (northern Québec, Canada) relies on species from
the marine food web for subsistence and is therefore exposed to high doses of …

Beneficial effects of a polyunsaturated fatty acid on infant development: evidence from the Inuit of Arctic Quebec

JL Jacobson, SW Jacobson, G Muckle… - The Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: To examine the relation of cord plasma docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)
concentration to gestation length, birth size, growth, and infant visual acuity, cognitive, and motor …

Prenatal methylmercury, postnatal lead exposure, and evidence of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder among Inuit children in Arctic Quebec

…, N Forget-Dubois, JL Jacobson, G Muckle - Environmental …, 2012 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Prenatal exposure to methylmercury (MeHg) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
has been associated with impaired performance on attention tasks in previous studies, …

Association between maternal fluoride exposure during pregnancy and IQ scores in offspring in Canada

…, R Neufeld, P Ayotte, G Muckle… - JAMA …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The potential neurotoxicity associated with exposure to fluoride, which has
generated controversy about community water fluoridation, remains unclear. Objective To …

Prenatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls: a neuropsychologic analysis

O Boucher, G Muckle, CH Bastien - Environmental health …, 2009 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Objectives A large body of literature documents the effects of prenatal exposure to
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) on cognitive development of children. Despite this fact, no …

Functional aspects of developmental toxicity of polyhalogenated aromatic hydrocarbons in experimental animals and human infants

…, JG Koppe, BM Kulig, DC Morse, G Muckle… - European Journal of …, 1995 - Elsevier
A scientific evaluation was made of functionalspects of developmental toxicity of polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated …

[HTML][HTML] Neurophysiologic and neurobehavioral evidence of beneficial effects of prenatal omega-3 fatty acid intake on memory function at school age

O Boucher, MJ Burden, G Muckle… - The American journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Background: The beneficial effects of prenatal and early postnatal intakes of omega-3 (n−3)
polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) on cognitive development during infancy are well …

Cohort profile: the maternal‐infant research on environmental chemicals research platform

…, H Weiler, A LeBlanc, G Muckle… - Paediatric and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background The M aternal‐ I nfant R esearch on E nvironmental C hemicals ( MIREC ) S
tudy was established to obtain C anadian biomonitoring data for pregnant women and their …

Domain-specific effects of prenatal exposure to PCBs, mercury, and lead on infant cognition: results from the Environmental Contaminants and Child Development …

O Boucher, G Muckle, JL Jacobson… - Environmental …, 2014 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
… and their bioaccumulation in fish and sea mammals that are staples of the Inuit diet (Muckle
et al. 2001). Inuit children from Nunavik also have higher blood Pb levels than … Gina Muckle

Exposure to an organochlorine pesticide (chlordecone) and development of 18-month-old infants

O Boucher, MN Simard, G Muckle, F Rouget, P Kadhel… - Neurotoxicology, 2013 - Elsevier
Chlordecone is a persistent organochlorine pesticide that was used in the French West Indies
until the early 1990s for banana weevil borer control. Human exposure to this chemical in …