The National Children's Study of environmental effects on child health and development

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 642-646

  Branum, Amy M ^a   Collman, Gwen W ^b   Correa, Adolfo ^c   Keim, Sarah A ^d   Kessel, Woodie ^g   Kimmel, Carole A ^e   Klebanoff, Mark A ^d   Longnecker, Matthew P ^b   Mendola, Pauline ^f   Rigas, Marc ^e   Selevan, Sherry G ^d   Scheidt, Peter C ^d   Schoendorf, Kenneth ^a   Smith Khuri, Eleanor ^d   Yeargin Allsopp, Marshalyn ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^f US Environmental Protection Agency/National Health Effects Research Laboratory   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Child; Cohort studies; Environment; Human milk; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; ALCOHOL; MERCURY; NICOTINE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; BREAST MILK; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COOPERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EXPERIENCE; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; THYROID DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037732584     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.111-1241458     Document Type: Review

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