Associations between Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants in Childhood and Overweight up to 12 Years Later in a Low Exposed Danish Population

Obesity Facts

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 282-292

  Tang Péronard, Jeanett L ^a,b   Jensen, Tina K ^a   Andersen, Helle R ^a   Ried Larsen, Mathias ^a   Grøntved, Anders ^a   Andersen, Lars B ^a   Timmermann, Clara A G ^a   Nielsen, Flemming ^a   Heitmann, Berit L ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Obesity; Overweight; PCBs; POPs

Indexed keywords

HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LIPID; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; P,P DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHYLENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BOY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANISH CITIZEN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIRL; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; OBESITY; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DENMARK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DENMARK; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OVERWEIGHT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939529677     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000438834     Document Type: Article

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