Prenatal and postnatal exposure to persistent organic pollutants and infant growth: A pooled analysis of seven European birth cohorts

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 123, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 730-736

  Iszatt, Nina ^a   Stigum, Hein ^a   Verner, Marc André ^b   White, Richard A ^a   Govarts, Eva ^c   Murinova, Lubica Palkovicova ^d   Schoeters, Greet ^c,e,f   Trnovec, Tomas ^d   Legler, Juliette ^g   Pelé, Fabienne ^h,i   Botton, Jérémie ^j,k   Chevrier, Cécile ^h   Wittsiepe, Jürgen ^l   Ranft, Ulrich ^m   Vandentorren, Stéphanie ⁿ   Kasper Sonnenberg, Monika ^l   Klümper, Claudia ^m   Weisglas Kuperus, Nynke ^o   Polder, Anuschka ^p   Eggesbø, Merete ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^d SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^g INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

ⁱ RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^j INSERM   (France)

^k UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^l RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

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

ⁿ Department of Chronic Diseases and Injuries   (France)

^o SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^p NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1, 1 DICHLORO 2, 2 BIS (4 CHLOROPHENYL) ETHYLENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD GROWTH; FEMALE; FISH; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT CHANGE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; EUROPE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; GROWTH; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; META ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TOXICITY;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84933065321     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1308005     Document Type: Article

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