Association between prenatal polychlorinated biphenyl exposure and obesity development at ages 5 and 7 y: A prospective cohort study of 656 children from the Faroe Islands

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-13

  Tang Péronard, Jeanett L ^a,b   Heitmann, Berit L ^b,c,d   Andersen, Helle R ^a   Steuerwald, Ulrike ^e   Grandjean, Philippe ^a   Weihe, Pál ^f   Jensen, Tina K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e Faroese Hospital System ^*  (Faroe Islands)

^f FAROESE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST MILK; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE COURSE; FAROE ISLANDS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SERUM; OBESITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84891470671     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.066720     Document Type: Article

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