Prenatal concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls, DDE, and DDT and overweight in children: A prospective birth cohort study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 451-457

  Valvi, Damaskini ^a,b,c,d   Mendez, Michelle A ^a,b,c   Martinez, David ^a,b,c   Grimalt, Joan O ^e   Torrent, Maties ^f   Sunyer, Jordi ^a,b,c,d   Vrijheid, Martine ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^f IB SALUT ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE); Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT); Environmental obesogens; High fat intakes; Obesity; Persistent organic pollutants; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; COHORT STUDIES; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 84857738193     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1103862     Document Type: Article

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