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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 21.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Int. 2020 Feb 8;137:105408. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105408

Table 1.

Primary outcomes included in the systematic review.

Outcome Background Tests or assessments used in this set of studies to assess the outcome
Cognition • General measure of intelligence. Other categories, including those not reviewed, relate to cognition.
• Review focuses on the summary scale of intelligence quotient (IQ) or mental development index (MDI).
• Bayley Scales of Infant Development
• Wechsler Intelligence Scale
• McCarthy Scales of Children’s Abilities
Motor effects • Capacity to carry out manual motor activities, including coordination.
• Review focuses on the summary scale of psychomotor developmental index (PDI) of or motor subscale.
• Bayley Scales of Infant Development
• McCarthy Scales of Children’s Abilities
• Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale
• Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency
Behavior • Broad category that includes dimensions such as anxiety, depression, attention, hyperactivity, aggression, and conduct problems.
• Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neurobehavioral disorders in children.
• Review focuses on the summary scales of internalizing and externalizing behavior.
• Child Behavior Checklist
• Behavior Assessment System for Children-Parent Rating Scales
• Conners’ Parent Rating Scales
• Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire
• Clinical diagnosis (e.g., ICD codes)
Infant behavior • Includes components of the other categories, but studies are limited to infants.
• Review focuses on the subscales in common across tests – arousal, motor, regulation of state, and nonoptimal reflexes.
• Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale
• NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scale
Social behavior and autism • Measure of reciprocal social, repetitive, and stereotypic behaviors associated with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
• Review focuses on summary score of autistic behaviors.
• Social Responsiveness Scale
• Social Maturity Scale
• Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedules