Persistent organochlorine compounds in fetal and maternal tissues: Evaluation of their potential influence on several indicators of fetal growth and health

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2888-2893

  Bergonzi, Roberto ^a   De Palma, Giuseppe ^a   Specchia, Cristina ^a   Dinolfo, Mariadaniela ^a   Tomasi, Cesare ^a   Frusca, Tiziana ^a   Apostoli, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Length of gestation; Persistent organic pollutants; Prenatal exposure; Umbilical cord serum

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; LENGTH OF GESTATION; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; UMBILICAL CORDS;

BODY FLUIDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHILD HEALTH; DDE; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MATERNAL HEALTH; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRTH LENGTH; BLOOD LEVEL; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POLLUTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TISSUE LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; URBAN AREA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHANE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETUS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; ITALY; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PLACENTA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY;

ITALY;

EID: 79958790981     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.04.031     Document Type: Article

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