Effect of socioeconomic status on exposures to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) among pregnant African-American women

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 250-255

  Borrell, Luisa N ^a   Factor Litvak, Pam ^a   Wolff, Mary S ^b   Susser, Ezra ^a   Matte, Thomas D ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; DDE; Exposure; PCB; Pregnant women; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COHORT STUDIES; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 25844457656     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.59.5.250-255     Document Type: Article

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