Body mass index in young school-age children in relation to organochlorine compounds in early life: A prospective study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 919-925

  Hoyer B B ^a   Ramlau Hansen, C H ^b   Henriksen, T B ^a   Pedersen, H S ^c   Goralczyk K ^d   Zviezdai, V ^e   Jonsson B A G ^f   Heederik, D ^g   Lenters, V ^g   Vermeulen, R ^g   Bonde, J P ^h   Toft, G ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Primary Health Care Clinic Nuuk   (Greenland)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

^e KHARKIV NATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

body mass index; child; cohort study; dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethylene (DDE); polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); prenatal exposure delayed effects

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLORPHENOTANE; POLLUTANT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MATERNAL BLOOD; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TOXICOKINETICS; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CAUCASIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GREENLAND; MALE; MOTHER; POLAND; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UKRAINE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREENLAND; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; MOTHERS; POLAND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UKRAINE;

EID: 84904042649     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2014.58     Document Type: Article

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