Combined effects of prenatal exposures to environmental chemicals on birth weight

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Govarts, Eva ^a   Remy, Sylvie ^b   Bruckers, Liesbeth ^c   Den Hond, Elly ^a   Sioen, Isabelle ^d,e   Nelen, Vera ^f   Baeyens, Willy ^g   Nawrot, Tim S ^c,h   Loots, Ilse ^b   Van Larebeke, Nick ^g   Schoeters, Greet ^a,b,i  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^f Provincial Institute for Hygiene   (Belgium)

^g VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Birth outcome; Cord blood; Endocrine disruptors; Epidemiology; Mixtures; Principal component analysis; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; COPPER; DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHYLENE; LEAD; MANGANESE; METHYLMERCURY; MONO(2 ETHYL 5 CARBOXYPENTYL)PHTHALATE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 138; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 153; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 180; THALLIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; FLUOROCARBON; HEAVY METAL; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT;

BIOMONITORING; BLOOD; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL WELFARE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; ANALYSIS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HAIR; NEWBORN; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; ARSENIC; BIRTH WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FLUOROCARBONS; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METALS, HEAVY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84968593240     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13050495     Document Type: Article

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