Maternal levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in relation to preterm and small-for-gestational-age birth

Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 641-647

  Longnecker, Matthew P ^a   Klebanoff, Mark A ^b   Brock, John W ^c   Guo, Xuguang ^d  

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

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

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d Statistics and Public Health Research Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD LEVEL; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLUTION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

ADULT; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24144458182     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000172137.45662.85     Document Type: Article

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