Prenatal phthalate exposure and childhood growth and blood pressure: Evidence from the spanish inma-sabadell birth cohort study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1022-1029

  Valvi, Damaskini ^a,b,c,d   Casas, Maribel ^a,b,c   Romaguera, Dora ^a,e,f,g   Monfort, Nuria ^h   Ventura, Rosa ^b,h   Martinez, David ^a,b,c   Sunyer, Jordi ^a,b,c,h   Vrijheid, Martine ^a,b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE BALEARIC ISLANDS IDISBA   (Spain)

^g Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; TOXICITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; WAIST-HEIGHT RATIO; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84930638624     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1408887     Document Type: Article

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