Assessment of exposure to VOCs among pregnant women in the national children’s study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Boyle, Elizabeth Barksdale ^a   Viet, Susan M ^a   Wright, David J ^a   Merrill, Lori S ^a   Alwis, K Udeni ^b   Blount, Benjamin C ^b   Mortensen, Mary E ^c   Moye, John ^d   Dellarco, Michael ^d  

^a WESTAT   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth cohort study; National children s study; Pregnant women; Tobacco; Urinary metabolites; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

1 BROMOPROPANE; 1,3 BUTADIENE; 2 METHYLHIPPURIC ACID; 3 METHYLHIPPURIC ACID; 4 METHYLHIPPURIC ACID; ACROLEIN; ACRYLAMIDE; ACRYLONITRILE; BENZENE; CARBON DISULFIDE; CROTONALDEHYDE; CYANIDE; CYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLBENZENE; ETHYLENE OXIDE; N ACETYL S (BENZYL)CYSTEINE; N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PAINT; PROPYLENE OXIDE; STYRENE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; THIOCYANATE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYL CHLORIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE; AIR POLLUTANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PASSIVE SMOKING;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; METABOLITE; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOBACCO; URINE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLITE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TOBACCO; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; URINE; URINE LEVEL; AIR POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREGNANCY;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOMARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SMOKING; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84962061530     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13040376     Document Type: Article

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