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Prenatal and Postnatal Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants and Infant Growth: A Pooled Analysis of Seven European Birth Cohorts
Author(s) -
Nina Iszatt,
Hein Stigum,
Marc-André Verner,
Richard White,
Eva Govarts,
Ľubica Palkovičová,
Greet Schoeters,
T. Trnovec,
Juliette Legler,
Fabienne Pelé,
Jérémie Botton,
Cécile Chevrier,
Jürgen Wittsiepe,
Ulrich Ranft,
Stéphanie Vandentorren,
Monika Kasper-Sonnenberg,
Claudia Klümper,
Nynke WeisglasKuperus,
Anuschka Polder,
Merete Eggesbø
Publication year - 2015
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.1308005
Subject(s) - prenatal exposure , medicine , breastfeeding , transplacental , polychlorinated biphenyl , pregnancy , offspring , physiology , fetus , pediatrics , biology , chemistry , placenta , environmental chemistry , genetics
Infant exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) may contribute to obesity. However, many studies so far have been small, focused on transplacental exposure, used an inappropriate measure to assess postnatal exposure through breastfeeding if any, or did not discern between prenatal and postnatal effects.

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