Lower placental telomere length may be attributed to maternal residential traffic exposure; a twin study

Environment International

Volumn 79, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-7

  Bijnens, Esmée ^a,b   Zeegers, Maurice P ^b   Gielen, Marij ^b   Kicinski, Michal ^a   Hageman, Geja J ^b   Pachen, Daniëlle ^b   Derom, Catherine ^c   Vlietinck, Robert ^c   Nawrot, Tim S ^a,d  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Placenta; Telomeres; Traffic; Twin

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICALS; HOUSING; INFORMATION USE; ROADS AND STREETS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; TISSUE;

ACCELERATE AGING; COMMON ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH OUTCOMES; PLACENTA; TELOMERE LENGTH; TELOMERES; TWIN;

CHROMOSOMES;

FREE RADICAL; EXHAUST GAS;

DISEASE; HEALTH IMPACT; MATERNAL HEALTH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RADICAL; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ADULT; AGING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; TELOMERE LENGTH; TRAFFIC; TWINS; VARIANCE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BELGIUM; EXHAUST GAS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELOMERE SHORTENING; TOXICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; BELGIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELOMERE SHORTENING; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924156242     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.02.008     Document Type: Article

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