Molecular evidence of an interaction between prenatal environmental exposure and birth outcomes in a multiethnic population

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 626-630

  Perera, Frederica P ^a   Rauh, Virginia ^a   Whyatt, Robin M ^a   Tsai, Wei Yann ^a   Bernert, John T ^b   Tu, Yi Hsuan ^a   Andrews, Howard ^a   Ramirez, Judyth ^a   Qu, Lirong ^a   Tang, Deliang ^a  

^a Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adduct; Birth outcomes; Development; Environmental; ETS; PAHs; Pollutants; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE DERIVATIVE; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; COTININE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA ADDUCT; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOGENESIS; PERSONAL MONITORING; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 6344265635     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6617     Document Type: Review

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