Exposures among pregnant women near the World Trade Center Site on 11 September 2001

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 739-748

  Wolff, Mary S ^a   Teitelbaum, Susan L ^a   Lioy, Paul J ^b   Santella, Regina M ^c   Wang, Richard Y ^d   Jones, Robert L ^d   Caldwell, Kathleen L ^d   Sjödin, Andreas ^d   Turner, Wayman E ^d   Li, Wei ^b   Georgopoulos, Panos ^b   Berkowitz, Gertrud S ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust; Exposure index; Metal; PAH; Particulate; PBDE; PCB; Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins; Polychlorinated dibenzofurans; Pregnant; WTC; WTC plume

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COBALT; LEAD; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ADULT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA ADDUCT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLUME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA ADDUCTS; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METALS, HEAVY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS;

EID: 20844445985     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7694     Document Type: Article

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