Association of prenatal exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers and infant birth weight

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 174, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 885-892

  Harley, Kim G ^a   Chevrier, Jonathan ^a   Schall, Raul Aguilar ^a   Sjödin, Andreas ^b   Bradman, Asa ^a   Eskenazi, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

birth weight; California; cohort studies; environmental exposure; halogenated diphenyl ethers; maternal exposure; maternal fetal exchange; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

LIPID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BIRTH RATE; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRON; ETHER; LINEARITY; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PBDE; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEIGHT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LIPID ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SERUM; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

CALIFORNIA; SALINAS [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054072136     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr212     Document Type: Article

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