Open AccessUrinary Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Childhood Obesity: NHANES (2001–2006)
Author(s) -
Franco Scinicariello,
Melanie C. Buser
Publication year - 2014
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.1307234
Subject(s) - national health and nutrition examination survey , obesity , body mass index , medicine , overweight , urinary system , quartile , childhood obesity , physiology , environmental health , confidence interval , population
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are known carcinogens and suspected endocrine disruptors. Prenatal exposure to PAHs has been associated with obesity in early childhood.
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