Commentary: A step towards more comprehensive analyses of life course effects of mixtures of environmental factors

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 843-846

  Porta, Miquel ^a,b,c   Gasull, Magda ^a,b,c   Pumarega, José ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENT WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METHODOLOGY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; OBESITY; POLLUTANT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE;

EID: 84863515510     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys014     Document Type: Note

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