The association between urinary concentrations of dichlorophenol pesticides and obesity in children

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 215-219

  Twum, Claudia ^a   Wei, Yudan ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; dichlorophenols; pesticide exposure

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOL; 2,4-DICHLOROPHENOL; 2,5 DICHLOROPHENOL; 2,5-DICHLOROPHENOL; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; CHLOROPHENOL; DICHLOROPHEN; PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; OBESITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CHLOROPHENOLS; DICHLOROPHEN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PESTICIDES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052732403     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVEH.2011.029     Document Type: Article

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