Prenatal exposure to persistent organochlorines and childhood obesity in the U.S. collaborative perinatal project

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1103-1109

  Cupul Uicab, Lea A ^a,b   Klebanoff, Mark A ^c,d   Brock, John W ^e   Longnecker, Matthew P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1, 1 DICHLORO 2, 2 BIS (4 CHLOROPHENYL) ETHYLENE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENDER; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; INFANT; MORPHOMETRICS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883274636     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1205901     Document Type: Article

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