Relationship between prenatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and birth weight: A systematic analysis of published epidemiological studies through a standardization of biomonitoring data

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 161-176

  El Majidi, Naïma ^a   Bouchard, Michèle ^a   Gosselin, Nathalie H ^a   Carrier, Gaétan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

" Biological concentration response" relationship; Birth weight; Exposure standardization; Hill criteria; PCBs

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL PLASMA; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOXICOKINETICS;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84865298427     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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