Prenatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and postnatal growth: A structural analysis

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 779-785

  Lamb, Matthew R ^a   Taylor, Sylvia ^a   Liu, Xinhua ^a   Wolff, Mary S ^b   Borrell, Luisa ^a   Matte, Thomas D ^c   Susser, Ezra S ^a   Factor Litvak, Pam ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Cohort studies; Environmental exposure; Growth; Height; Human; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Prenatal exposure; Weight

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646368119     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8488     Document Type: Article

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