Fetal heart rate and motor activity associations with maternal organochlorine levels: Results of an exploratory study

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 474-481

  Dipietro, Janet A ^a   Davis, Meghan F ^a   Costigan, Kathleen A ^b   Barr, Dana Boyd ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fetus; motor activity; neurodevelopment; organochlorine; PCBs; pesticides; prenatal

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON;

ADULT; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84906794851     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2013.19     Document Type: Article

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