Prenatal exposure to pyrethroid insecticides and birth outcomes in Rural Northern China

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 264-270

  Ding, Guodong ^a   Cui, Chang ^a   Chen, Limei ^a   Gao, Yu ^a   Zhou, Yijun ^a   Shi, Rong ^a   Tian, Ying ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

birth weight; China; pesticide; pregnant woman; pyrethroid

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; POLLUTANT; PYRETHROID;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHINA; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MACROSOMIA; MALE; NEWBORN; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOXICITY; URINE;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYRETHRINS; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 84928582524     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2014.86     Document Type: Article

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