Preliminary analysis of in utero low-level arsenic exposure and fetal growth using biometric measurements extracted from fetal ultrasound reports -No section-

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Davis, Matthew A ^a,b,c,d   Higgins, John ^d   Li, Zhigang ^a,d   Gilbert Diamond, Diane ^a,d   Baker, Emily R ^a,e   Das, Amar ^a,d   Karagas, Margaret R ^a,d  

^a Children s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Center at Dartmouth   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Fetal development; Prenatal exposure

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; BIOMETRY; BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH RESPONSE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONICS;

ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NEW HAMPSHIRE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARSENIC; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW HAMPSHIRE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929000655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-14-12     Document Type: Article

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