The human early-life exposome (HELIX): Project rationale and design

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 535-544

  Vrijheid, Martine ^a,b,c   Slama, Rémy ^d   Robinson, Oliver ^a,b,c   Chatzi, Leda ^e   Coen, Muireann ^f   van den Hazel, Peter ^g   Thomsen, Cathrine ^h   Wright, John ⁱ   Athersuch, Toby J ^f   Avellana, Narcis ^j   Basagaña, Xavier ^a,b,c   Brochot, Celine ^k   Bucchini, Luca ^l   Bustamante, Mariona ^a,c,m,n   Carracedo, Angel ^o,p   Casas, Maribel ^a,b,c   Estivill, Xavier ^b,c,m,n   Fairley, Lesley ⁱ   van Gent, Diana ^a,b,c   Gonzalez, Juan R ^a,b,c   Granum, Berit ^h   Gražulevičiene, Regina ^q   Gutzkow, Kristine B ^h   Julvez, Jordi ^a,b,c,n   Keun, Hector C ^f   Kogevinas, Manolis ^a,b,c,n   McEachan, Rosemary R C ⁱ   Meltzer, Helle Margrete ^h   Sabidó, Eduard ^m   Schwarze, Per E ^h   Siroux, Valérie ^d   Sunyer, Jordi ^a,b,c,n   Want, Elizabeth J ^f   Zeman, Florence ^k   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J ^a,b,c   more..

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

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g Veiligheids en Gezondheidsregio Gelderland Midden (VGGM)   (Netherlands)

^h NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

ⁱ BRADFORD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^j Sensing and Control Systems SL (S and C)   (Spain)

^k INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^l Hylobates Consulting Srl   (Italy)

^m CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

ⁿ HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^o UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^p KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^q VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4, 4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LEAD; MERCURY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; OXYBENZONE; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID BIS (2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; PROTEOME; TOBACCO SMOKE; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRICLOSAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EARLY LIFE EXPOSURE; KNOWLEDGE; MATERNAL CARE; METABOLOME; MOBILE APPLICATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NOISE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF MONITORING; STUDY DESIGN; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENOMICS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METABOLOME; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PROTEOME; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84901760450     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1307204     Document Type: Review

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