Sources of greater fetal vulnerability to airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons among African Americans

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-126

  Choi, Hyunok ^a   Perera, Frederica P ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; LIFESTYLE; NEONATE; OBESITY; PAH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; VULNERABILITY; WEIGHT;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AIR POLLUTION; DIET; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; OBESITY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84856006309     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.099051     Document Type: Article

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