Does exposure to flame retardants increase the risk for preterm birth?

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 107, Issue , 2015, Pages 20-25

  Peltier, Morgan R ^a   Koo, Hschi Chi ^a   Getahun, Darios ^b   Menon, Ramkumar ^c  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Kaiser Permenante Southern California Medical Group ^*  (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental toxins; Flame retardants; Inflammation; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; 2,2',4,4'-TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL PLASMA; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREMATURITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 84921311640     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: 18727603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2014.11.002     Document Type: Article

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