title: Neurodevelopmental test selection, administration, and performance in the main Seychelles child development study.
abstract: The Seychelles Child Development Study was designed to provide data on normal neurodevelopment of Seychellois children and to examine the relationship of their neurodevelopmental outcomes to in utero fetal exposure to low concentrations of methylmercury from a maternal diet high in fish. This paper outlines the strategies used to select, modify, and field test evaluation tools used in the main longitudinal prospective study of 740 children (95% of the cohort of 779 initially enrolled in 1989). It also gives population statistics and quality assurance data for the tests administered and the evaluation of the home environments.
authors.affiliation: Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities, University of Rochester School of Medicine, New York 14642, USA.
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shamlaye
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Choisy
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sloane-Reeves
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cernichiari
authors.forename: D O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Marsh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berlin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanner
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000187:drug effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018811:Maternal Exposure; D008568:Memory / Q000187:drug effects; D008628:Mercury / Q000633:toxicity*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012750:Seychelles; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D008628:Mercury