Exposure to persistent organic pollutants in utero and related maternal characteristics on birth outcomes: A multivariate data analysis approach

Chemosphere

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 428-433

  Tan, Jing ^a   Loganath, Annamalai ^a   Chong, Yap Seng ^a   Obbard, Jeffrey Philip ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Influential factor; Neonate; Organochlorine; Partial least squares discriminant analysis; Partial least squares regression; Polybrominated diphenyl ether

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ETHERS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HEALTH RISKS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

INFLUENTIAL FACTOR; NEONATE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PARTIAL LEAST-SQUARES DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; PARTIAL LEAST-SQUARES REGRESSION; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH RISK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; XENOBIOTICS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETUS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILK, HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGAPORE; UTERUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 57949092640     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.09.045     Document Type: Article

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