Persistent organochlorine compounds and birth weight

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 151-157

  Gladen, Beth C ^a   Shkiryak Nyzhnyk, Zoreslava A ^b   Chyslovska, Nataliya ^b   Zadorozhnaja, Tamara D ^b   Little, Ruth E ^a  

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

^b Inst Pediat   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Birth weight; DDE; DDT; Heptachlor epoxide; Hexachlorobenzene; Hydrocarbons, chlorinated; Insecticides, organochlorine; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST MILK; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UKRAINE;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0242586114     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(02)00268-5     Document Type: Article

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