Maternal dietary intake of dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls and birth size in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)

Environment International

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 209-216

  Papadopoulou, Eleni ^a,b,c   Caspersen, Ida H ^b   Kvalem, Helen E ^b,d   Knutsen, Helle K ^b   Duarte Salles, Talita ^e   Alexander, Jan ^b   Meltzer, Helle Margrete ^b   Kogevinas, Manolis ^a,f,g,h   Brantsæter, Anne Lise ^b   Haugen, Margaretha ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d BJØRKNES UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^e INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^f HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^g CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^h NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Diet; Dioxins; MoBa; PCB; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; MOBA; MULTIVARIABLE REGRESSION MODEL; NON-DIOXIN-LIKE PCBS; PREGNANCY; TOLERABLE WEEKLY INTAKES;

FOOD SUPPLY; MEATS; NUTRITION; OBSTETRICS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; DIOXIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; MATERNAL HEALTH; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NORWEGIAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA FOOD; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; DIET; DIOXINS; MOBA; PCB; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; DIOXINS; EATING; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NORWAY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEAFOOD; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884410522     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.08.017     Document Type: Article

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