The northern Norway mother-and-child contaminant cohort study: Implementation, population characteristics and summary of dietary findings

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Veyhe, Anna Sof́a ^a   Hansen, Solrunn ^a   Sandanger, Torkjel M ^a,b   Nieboer, Evert ^a,c   Odland, Jon Øyvind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Food frequency questionnaire (FFQ); Postpartum; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NORWAY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HABITS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NORWAY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872894986     PISSN: 12399736     EISSN: 22423982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18644     Document Type: Article

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