Focus on Neurological Diseases
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This review was conducted to support Health Protection Agency (HPA) strategic Goal 2 and 5 namely to protect against adverse effects of acute and chronic exposure to chemical poisons and other environmental hazards and to protect and improve the health of children. The possible neurotoxic effects of environmental chemicals, particularly those involved in progressive degenerative disease such as Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and also those adversely affecting neurological development in children following early life stage exposure, are of increasing public concern. It is important that HPA is aware of current scientific development in this area. File reference (internal): HPAHQ1552\TOXICOLOGY\REVIEW\NEUROTOX
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تاریخ انتشار 2007