A case-control study of maternal exposure to chromium and infant low birth weight in China

Chemosphere

Volumn 144, Issue , 2016, Pages 1484-1489

  Xia, Wei ^a   Hu, Jie ^a   Zhang, Bin ^b   Li, Yuanyuan ^a   Wise, John Pierce ^d   Bassig, Bryan A ^e   Zhou, Aifen ^b   Savitz, David A ^c   Xiong, Chao ^b   Zhao, Jinzhu ^b   du, Xiaofu ^a   Zhou, Yanqiu ^a   Pan, Xinyun ^a   Yang, Jie ^a   Wu, Chuansha ^a   Jiang, Minmin ^a   Peng, Yang ^a   Qian, Zhengmin ^f   Zheng, Tongzhang ^c   Xu, Shunqing ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Wuhan Medical and Health Center for Women and Children   (China)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Wise Laboratory of Environmental and Genetic Toxicology   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromium; Low birth weight; Maternal urine; Prenatal exposure

Indexed keywords

OBSTETRICS;

CHROMIUM CONCENTRATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHTS; MATERNAL URINE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

CHROMIUM;

CHROMIUM; POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHROMIUM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; MATERNAL HEALTH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; URINALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; POLLUTANT; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RISK; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953775643     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.10.006     Document Type: Article

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