Maternal dioxin exposure and pregnancy outcomes over 30 years of follow-up in seveso

Environment International

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 143-148

  Wesselink, Amelia ^a   Warner, Marcella ^a   Samuels, Steven ^b   Parigi, Aliza ^c   Brambilla, Paolo ^c   Mocarelli, Paolo ^c   Eskenazi, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c DESIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Dioxin; Fetal growth; Pregnancy outcomes; Preterm; Seveso

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; EXPLOSIONS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

BIRTHWEIGHT; DIOXIN; FETAL GROWTH; PREGNANCY OUTCOMES; PRETERM; SEVESO;

OBSTETRICS;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN;

DIOXIN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; MATERNAL HEALTH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SERUM; TCDD; WOMENS HEALTH;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; INFANT; ITALY; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MENARCHE; NEWBORN; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEVESO ACCIDENT; STILLBIRTH; WEIGHT GAIN;

ITALY; LOMBARDY; MONZA E BRIANZA; SEVESO;

ANIMALIA;

2,3,7,8-TETRACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN; BIRTHWEIGHT; DIOXIN; FETAL GROWTH; INTERQUARTILE RANGE; IQR; ODDS RATIO; OR; PARTS-PER-TRILLION; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; PPT; PREGNANCY OUTCOMES; PRETERM; SAB; SEVESO; SEVESO WOMEN'S HEALTH STUDY; SGA; SMALL-FOR-GESTATIONAL AGE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SWHS; TCDD; TEQ; TOXIC EQUIVALENT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84888804906     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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