Association between maternal exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) from electronic waste recycling and neonatal health outcomes

Environment International

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-8

  Wu, Kusheng ^a   Xu, Xijin ^a   Peng, Lin ^a,b   Liu, Junxiao ^a   Guo, Yongyong ^a   Huo, Xia ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b CANCER HOSPITAL OF SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Apgar score; Body length; Body weight; Electronic waste; Gestational age; Perfluorooctanoate acid (PFOA)

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SURVEYS; WASTES;

APGAR SCORE; BODY LENGTH; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; GESTATIONAL AGE; PERFLUOROOCTANOATE;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID;

BODY SIZE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MEDICINE; NEONATE; PREGNANCY; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SERUM; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECYCLING; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; STILLBIRTH; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URBAN POPULATION; WORKSHOP;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUIYU;

EID: 84864069648     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.06.018     Document Type: Article

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