In Utero DDT and DDE Exposure and Obesity Status of 7-Year-Old Mexican-American Children in the CHAMACOS Cohort
Author(s) -
Marcella Warner,
Raul Aguilar Schall,
Kim G. Harley,
Asa Bradman,
Dana Boyd Barr,
Brenda Eskenazi
Publication year - 2013
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.1205656
Subject(s) - medicine , obesity , body mass index , cohort , in utero , national health and nutrition examination survey , pregnancy , odds ratio , cohort study , percentile , demography , endocrinology , population , environmental health , biology , fetus , statistics , mathematics , sociology , genetics
In utero exposure to endocrine disrupting compounds including dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) has been hypothesized to increase risk of obesity later in life.
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