Fish intake during pregnancy, fetal growth, and gestational length in 19 European birth cohort studies

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 506-516

  Leventakou, Vasiliki ^a   Roumeliotaki, Theano ^a   Martinez, David ^b,c   Barros, Henrique ^d,e   Brantsaeter, Anne Lise ^f   Casas, Maribel ^b,c,g   Charles, Marie Aline ^h,i   Cordier, Sylvaine ^j   Eggesbø, Merete ^f   Van Eijsden, Manon ^k   Forastiere, Francesco ^l   Gehring, Ulrike ^m   Govarts, Eva ⁿ   Halldórsson, Thorhallur I ^o,p   Hanke, Wojciech ^q   Haugen, Margaretha ^f   Heppe, Denise H M ^r   Heude, Barbara ^h,i   Inskip, Hazel M ^s   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^r   Jansen, Maria ^t,u   Kelleher, Cecily ^v   Meltzer, Helle Margrete ^f   Merletti, Franco ^w   Moltó Puigmartí, Carolina ^t   Mommers, Monique ^t   Murcia, Mario ^g,x   Oliveira, Andreia ^d,e   Olsen, Sjúrour F ^o,y   Pele, Fabienne ^j   Polanska, Kinga ^l,q   Porta, Daniela ^l,q   Richiardi, Lorenzo ^w   Robinson, Siân M ^s   Stigum, Hein ^f   Sunyer, Jordi ^b,c,g,z   Thijs, Carel ^t   Viljoen, Karien ^v   Vrijkotte, Tanja G M ^aa   Wijga, Alet H ^ab   Kogevinas, Manolis ^b,c,g,ac   Vrijheid, Martine ^b,c,g   Chatzi, Leda ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

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

^c HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d University of Porto   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^g INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^h INSERM   (France)

ⁱ CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^j UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^k DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^l DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

^m UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁿ FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^o STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^q NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^r ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^s UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^t MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^u Academic Collaborative Centre for Public Health Limburg   (Netherlands)

^v UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^w UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^x Centre for Public Health Research   (Spain)

^y HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^z UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^ab NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^ac NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEWBORN; OBESITY; PORTION SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK FACTOR; SEA FOOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITION POLICY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEAFOOD; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84896857046     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.067421     Document Type: Article

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