Serum concentrations of selected persistent organic pollutants in a sample of pregnant females and changes in their concentrations during gestation

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1244-1249

  Wang, Richard Y ^a   Jain, Ram B ^a   Wolkin, Amy F ^a   Rubbin, Carol H ^b   Needham, Larry L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioxin; Females; Organochlorine pesticides; PCB; Persistent organic pollutants; Pregnant; Serum concentrations

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; LIPID; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY BURDEN; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MATERNAL BLOOD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIPARA; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BENZOFURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249086943     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0800105     Document Type: Article

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