Biomonitoring and biomarkers to unravel the risks from prenatal environmental exposures for later health outcomes

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Schoeters, Greet E R ^a,b   Den Hond, Elly ^a   Koppen, Gudrun ^a   Smolders, Roel ^a   Bloemen, Karolien ^a   De Boever, Patrick ^a   Govarts, Eva ^a  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; METHYLMERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY MASS; BREAST MILK; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA ADDUCT; DNA MODIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL PLASMA; MATERNAL SERUM; MEMORY DISORDER; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPEECH DISORDER; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; CONCEPTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL SMOKING; MECONIUM; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRENATAL PERIOD; REVIEW; URINALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 82355188264     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.001545     Document Type: Conference Paper

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