Prenatal exposure to the pesticide DDT and hypertension diagnosed in women before age 50: A longitudinal birth cohort study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 594-599

  La Merrill, Michele ^a,b   Cirillo, Piera M ^c   Terry, Mary Beth ^d   Krigbaum, Nickilou Y ^c   Flom, Julie D ^d   Cohn, Barbara A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; DDT; Hypertension; Life course; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHLORPHENOTANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG CONCENTRATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLITE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELECONSULTATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DDT; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84876358451     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1205921     Document Type: Article

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