Open AccessDecreased birth weight in infants born to women with a high dietary intake of fish contaminated with persistent organochlorine compounds
Author(s) -
Lars Rylander,
Ulf Strömberg,
Lars Hagmar
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.51
Subject(s) - odds ratio , cohort , medicine , confidence interval , demography , cohort study , confounding , population , birth weight , lower risk , pediatrics , environmental health , pregnancy , biology , sociology , genetics
The purpose of the study was to assess reproductive outcomes, especially birthweight, and the consumption of fatty fish from the Baltic Sea, contaminated with persistent organochlorine compounds, among women from the Swedish east coast.