Potential risk of asthma associated with in utero exposure to xenobiotics

Birth Defects Research Part C - Embryo Today: Reviews

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-13

  Selgrade, Maryjane K ^a   Blain, Robyn B ^a   Fedak, Kristen M ^a   Cawley, Michelle A ^a  

^a ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Ambient air pollutants; Asthma; Tobacco smoke; Xenobiotics

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CAROTENOID; DIOXIN; ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE; FOLIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OVALBUMIN; PARACETAMOL; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RETINOL; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOBACCO SMOKE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN B GROUP; VITAMIN D; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG URINE LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHIL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; URINALYSIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WHEEZING;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADULT; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; XENOBIOTICS;

ANIMALIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84878458365     PISSN: 1542975X     EISSN: 15429768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrc.21028     Document Type: Review

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