Child health and the environment: The INMA Spanish study

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 403-410

  Ribas Fitó, Núria ^a   Ramón, Rosa ^d   Ballester, Ferran ^e   Grimalt, Joan ^b   Marco, Alfredo ^f   Olea, Nicolás ^g   Posada, Manuel ^h   Rebagliato, Marisa ^d   Tardón, Adonina ⁱ   Torrent, Maties ^j   Sunyer, Jordi ^a,c  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^e Generalitat Valenciana   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^h INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^j Àrea de Salut de Menorca IB Salut ^*  (Spain)

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Author keywords

Biological samples; Child development; Childhood growth; Diet; Endocrine disruptors; Genetics; Longitudinal cohort study; Pollution; Prenatal exposures; Study design

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ARSENIC; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FATTY ACID; FOLIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEAD; MERCURY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; OZONE; PHENOL; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; TRIHALOMETHANE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CITY; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DUBOWITZ SCORE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRIENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLLUTANT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL GROWTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPAIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPAIN;

EID: 33747362711     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2006.00745.x     Document Type: Article

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