Persistent organic pollutants exposure during pregnancy, maternal gestational weight gain, and birth outcomes in the mother-child cohort in Crete, Greece (RHEA study)

Environment International

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 116-123

  Vafeiadi, Marina ^a,b,c,d   Vrijheid, Martine ^a,b,c   Fthenou, Eleni ^d   Chalkiadaki, Georgia ^d   Rantakokko, Panu ^e   Kiviranta, Hannu ^e   Kyrtopoulos, Soterios A ^f   Chatzi, Leda ^d   Kogevinas, Manolis ^a,b,c,g  

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

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Greece)

^g NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

Author keywords

Birth outcomes; Cohort studies; Gestational weight gain; HCB; PCBs; Persistent organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; LINEAR REGRESSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OBSTETRICS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BIRTH OUTCOMES; COHORT STUDIES; HCB; PCBS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); WEIGHT GAIN;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; TETRA BROMODIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COHORT ANALYSIS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL WEIGHT GAIN; GREECE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL SERUM; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PARAMETERS CONCERNING THE FETUS, NEWBORN AND PREGNANCY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETRY; WEIGHT CHANGE;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; CRETE [GREECE]; GREECE;

BIRTH OUTCOMES; COHORT STUDIES; GESTATIONAL WEIGHT GAIN; HCB; PCBS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GREECE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84891603048     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.12.015     Document Type: Article

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