Pre-pregnancy dietary vitamin A intake may alleviate the adverse birth outcomes associated with prenatal pollutant exposure: Epidemiologic cohort study in Poland

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-180

  Jedrychowski, Wieslaw ^a   Masters, Elisabeth ^a,b   Choi, Hyunok ^b   Sochacka, Elzbieta ^a   Flak, Elzbieta ^a   Mroz, Elzbieta ^a   Pac, Agnieszka ^a   Jacek, Ryszard ^a   Kaim, Irena ^a   Skolicki, Zbigniew ^c   Spengler, John D ^d   Perera, Frederica ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Municipal Hospital   (Poland)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Cohort study; Fetal growth; Prenatal exposure; Prepregnancy vitamin A intake

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLAND; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 34250802603     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2007.13.2.175     Document Type: Article

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