Dietary Acrylamide Intake during Pregnancy and Fetal Growth—Results from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)
Author(s) -
Talita DuarteSalles,
Hans von Stedingk,
Berit Granum,
Kristine B. Gützkow,
Per Rydberg,
Margareta Törnqvist,
Michelle A. Méndez,
Gunnar Brunborg,
Anne Lise Brantsæter,
Helle Margrete Meltzer,
Jan Alexander,
Margaretha Haugen
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1205396
Subject(s) - norwegian , pregnancy , acrylamide , cohort study , obstetrics , fetal growth , cohort , medicine , environmental health , fetus , physiology , biology , chemistry , genetics , organic chemistry , philosophy , linguistics , copolymer , polymer
Acrylamide has shown developmental and reproductive toxicity in animals, as well as neurotoxic effects in humans with occupational exposures. Because it is widespread in food and can pass through the human placenta, concerns have been raised about potential developmental effects of dietary exposures in humans.
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