Impact of perinatal dioxin exposure on infant growth: A cross-sectional and longitudinal studies in dioxin-contaminated areas in Vietnam

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Nishijo, Muneko ^a   Tai, Pham The ^a,b   Nakagawa, Hideaki ^a   Maruzeni, Shoko ^a   Anh, Nguyen Thi Nguyet ^a   van Luong, Hoang ^b   Anh, Tran Hai ^b   Honda, Ryumon ^a   Morikawa, Yuko ^a   Kido, Teruhiko ^c   Nishijo, Hisao ^d  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b VIETNAM MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; FURAN DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST MILK; CHILD GROWTH; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; POLLUTION; VIET NAM; WEIGHT GAIN;

BODY SIZE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILK, HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; VIETNAM;

EID: 84864023982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040273     Document Type: Article

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