Maternal concentrations of persistent organochlorine pollutants and the risk of asthma in offspring: Results from a prospective cohort with 20 years of follow-up

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 93-99

  Hansen, Susanne ^a   Strøm, Marin ^a   Olsen, Sjurdur F ^a,b   Maslova, Ekaterina ^a   Rantakokko, Panu ^c   Kiviranta, Hannu ^c   Rytter, Dorte ^a,d   Bech, Bodil H ^a,d   Hansen, Linda V ^a   Halldorsson, Thorhallur I ^a,e,f  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^f LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHYLENE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY QUESTIONNAIRE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FISH; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; DENMARK; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; FEMALE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891545917     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1206397     Document Type: Article

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