Effects of transplacental exposure to environmental pollutants on birth outcomes in a multiethnic population

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 201-205

  Perera, Frederica P ^a   Rauh, Virginia ^a   Tsai, Wei Yann ^a   Kinney, Patrick ^a   Camann, David ^b   Barr, Dana ^c   Bernert, Tom ^c   Garfinkel, Robin ^a   Tu, Yi Hsuan ^a   Diaz, Diurka ^a   Dietrich, Jessica ^a   Whyatt, Robin M ^a  

^a Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth outcomes; Development; Environmental; ETS; PAH; Pesticides; Pollutants; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

CHLORPYRIFOS; NICOTINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINICA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; NEWBORN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0037294724     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.5742     Document Type: Article

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