Distribution and predictors of pesticides in the umbilical cord blood of Chinese newborns

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Silver, Monica K ^a   Shao, Jie ^b   Chen, Minjian ^c   Xia, Yankai ^c   Lozoff, Betsy ^a   Meeker, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Cord blood; Exposure assessment; Infant; Neonate; Pesticides; Pregnancy; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHILD HEALTH; DIET; NEONATE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PREGNANCY; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLITE; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; FETUS BLOOD; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; SEASONS;

EID: 84952815260     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13010094     Document Type: Article

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