European birth cohorts for environmental health research

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-37

  Vrijheid, Martine ^a,b,c   Casas, Maribel ^a,b,c   Bergström, Anna ^d   Carmichael, Amanda ^e   Cordier, Sylvaine ^f   Eggesbø, Merete ^g   Eller, Esben ^h   Fantini, Maria P ⁱ   Fernández, Mariana F ^c,j   Fernández Somoano, Ana ^c,k   Gehring, Ulrike ^l   Grazuleviciene, Regina ^m   Hohmann, Cynthia ⁿ   Karvonen, Anne M ^o   Keil, Thomas ⁿ   Kogevinas, Manolis ^a,b,c,p   Koppen, Gudrun ^q   Krämer, Ursula ^r   Kuehni, Claudia E ^s,t   Magnus, Per ^g   Majewska, Renata ^u   Andersen, Anne Marie Nybo ^v   Patelarou, Evridiki ^w   Petersen, Maria Skaalum ^x   Pierik, Frank H ^y,z   Polanska, Kinga ^aa   Porta, Daniela ^ab   Richiardi, Lorenzo ^ac   Santos, Ana Cristina ^ad   Slama, Rémy ^ae   Sram, Radim J ^af   Thijs, Carel ^ag   Tischer, Christina ^ah   Toft, Gunnar ^ai   Trnovec, Tomáš ^aj   Vandentorren, Stephanie ^ak   Vrijkotte, Tanja G M ^al   Wilhelm, Michael ^am   Wright, John ^an   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark ^a,b,c   more..

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^g NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^h ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^j HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^l UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^m VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

ⁿ CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^o NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^p NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^q FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^r IUF LEIBNIZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^s UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^t UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^u JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^v UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^w UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^x FAROESE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (Faroe Islands)

^y TNO   (Netherlands)

^z ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^aa NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^ab DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^ad University of Porto   (Portugal)

^ae UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^af INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^ag MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^ah INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^ai AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^aj SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^ak National Institute of Public Health Surveillance (InVS)   (France)

^al ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^am RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^an BRADFORD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Birth cohorts; Child health; Environmental exposures; Europe; Review

Indexed keywords

METAL; PESTICIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; BIRTH; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NOISE; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNET; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84930478829     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1103823     Document Type: Review

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