Cumulative Chemical Exposures During Pregnancy and Early Development

Current Environmental Health Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 367-378

  Mitro, Susanna D ^a   Johnson, Tyiesha ^a   Zota, Ami R ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative exposure; Flame retardants; Organochlorine pesticides; Perfluorinated compounds; Phenols; Phthalates; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FLAME RETARDANT; FLUOROCARBON; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ORGANOPHOSPHATES; PHENOLS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 85006444699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21965412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40572-015-0064-x     Document Type: Review

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