In Utero and Childhood Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether Exposures and Body Mass at Age 7 Years: The CHAMACOS Study | Zendy

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In Utero and Childhood Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether Exposures and Body Mass at Age 7 Years: The CHAMACOS Study

Author(s) -

Ayca ErkinCakmak,

Kim G. Harley,

Jonathan Chevrier,

Asa Bradman,

Katherine Kogut,

Karen Huen,

Brenda Eskenazi

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.1408417

Subject(s) - body mass index , polybrominated diphenyl ethers , medicine , pregnancy , obesity , population , cohort study , cohort , longitudinal study , childhood obesity , physiology , endocrinology , environmental health , biology , overweight , ecology , genetics , pollutant , pathology

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are lipophilic flame retardants that bioaccumulate in humans. Child serum PBDE concentrations in California are among the highest worldwide. PBDEs may be associated with obesity by disrupting endocrine systems.

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