Dietary exposure to dioxins and PCBs in a large cohort of pregnant women: Results from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)

Environment International

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 398-407

  Caspersen, Ida H ^a   Knutsen, Helle K ^a   Brantsæter, Anne Lise ^a   Haugen, Margaretha ^a   Alexander, Jan ^a   Meltzer, Helle Margrete ^a   Kvalem, Helen E ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b BJØRKNES UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diet; Dioxins; MoBa; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Pregnancy; The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study

Indexed keywords

COHORT STUDIES; DIOXINS; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRES (FFQ); MOBA; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); PREGNANCY; TOLERABLE WEEKLY INTAKES;

NUTRITION; OBSTETRICS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BREASTFEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; DIOXIN; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; NORWEIGIAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA FOOD; WEIGHT GAIN;

NORWAY;

DIET; DIOXINS; MOBA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; THE NORWEGIAN MOTHER AND CHILD COHORT STUDY;

ADULT; BODY BURDEN; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FISH PRODUCTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; NORWAY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881086455     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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