Prenatal exposure to persistent organic pollutants and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in 10 Caribbean countries

Environmental Research

Volumn 133, Issue , 2014, Pages 211-219

  Forde, Martin S ^a   Dewailly, Eric ^b,c   Robertson, Lyndon ^a   Laouan Sidi, Elhadji A ^b   CÔté, Suzanne ^b   Dumas, Pierre ^c   Ayotte, Pierre ^b,c  

^a St Georges University   (Grenada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Institut National da Santé Publique du Québec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Dioxins; Persistent organic pollutants; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Prenatal exposure

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN LIKE COMPOUND; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DATA SET; HEALTH RISK; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA; ARTICLE; BELIZE; BERMUDA; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANADA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINICA; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; GRENADA; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONTSERRAT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

BERMUDA; JAMAICA; NORTH AMERICA;

CARIBBEAN; DIOXINS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; CARIBBEAN REGION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902982406     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.05.021     Document Type: Article

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