Prenatal exposure to perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs) and fetal and postnatal growth in the Taiwan maternal and infant cohort study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 124, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1794-1800

  Wang, Yan ^a,b   Adgent, Margaret ^b   Su, Pen Hua ^c   Chen, Hsiao Yen ^d   Chen, Pau Chung ^e   Hsiung, Chao A ^d   Wang, Shu Li ^d,f,g  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^g CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; FLUOROCARBON; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; WEIGHT GAIN; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOXICITY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CAPRYLATES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84994310470     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1509998     Document Type: Article

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