Environmental exposures and development

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 208-218

  Mattison, Donald R ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Birth defects; Developmental disability; Gene environment; Occupational exposure; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; HERBICIDE; METAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; BIRTH DEFECT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WATER POLLUTION;

CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PATERNAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 77952287333     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32833779bf     Document Type: Review

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