Prenatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) may influence birth weight among infants in a Swedish cohort with background exposure: A cross-sectional study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lignell, Sanna ^a,b   Aune, Marie ^a   Darnerud, Per Ola ^a   Hanberg, Annika ^b   Larsson, Susanna C ^b   Glynn, Anders ^a  

^a National Food Agency   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birth weight; BMI; Breast milk; Fish consumption; PBDE; PCB; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 100; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 153; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 47; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 99; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 138; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 153; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 180; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT;

BIRTH RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROSS SECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BREAST MILK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SWEDEN; WEIGHT GAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; TOXICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

SWEDEN; UPPSALA [SWEDEN];

TETRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILK, HUMAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878699456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-12-44     Document Type: Article

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