Prenatal exposure to environmental contaminants and body composition at age 7-9 years

Environmental Research

Volumn 132, Issue , 2014, Pages 24-32

  Delvaux, Immle ^a   Van Cauwenberghe, Jolijn ^a   Den Hond, Elly ^b   Schoeters, Greet ^b   Govarts, Eva ^b   Nelen, Vera ^c   Baeyens, Willy ^d   Van Larebeke, Nicolas ^a   Sioen, Isabelle ^a,e  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c Provincial Institute for Hygiene   (Belgium)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^e RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Body composition; Children; Endocrine disruptors; Growth; Prenatal exposure

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CADMIUM; DIOXIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AGE CLASS; CADMIUM; CHILD HEALTH; DIOXIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FAT; GROWTH RATE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; WEIGHT;

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

BODY COMPOSITION; CHILDREN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; GROWTH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

BODY COMPOSITION; CADMIUM; CHILD; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84898619139     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.03.019     Document Type: Article

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