TY - JOUR
T1 - Birth weight and prenatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE)
T2 - a meta-analysis within 12 European Birth Cohorts
AU - Govarts, Eva
AU - Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark
AU - Schoeters, Greet
AU - Ballester, Ferran
AU - Bloemen, Karolien
AU - de Boer, Michiel
AU - Chevrier, Cécile
AU - Eggesbø, Merete
AU - Guxens, Mònica
AU - Krämer, Ursula
AU - Legler, Juliette
AU - Martínez, David
AU - Palkovicova, Lubica
AU - Patelarou, Evridiki
AU - Ranft, Ulrich
AU - Rautio, Arja
AU - Petersen, Maria Skaalum
AU - Slama, Rémy
AU - Stigum, Hein
AU - Toft, Gunnar
AU - Trnovec, Tomas
AU - Vandentorren, Stéphanie
AU - Weihe, Pál
AU - Kuperus, Nynke Weisglas
AU - Wilhelm, Michael
AU - Wittsiepe, Jürgen
AU - Bonde, Jens Peter
AU - OBELIX
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Exposure to high concentrations of persistent organochlorines may cause fetal toxicity, but the evidence at low exposure levels is limited. Large studies with substantial exposure contrasts and appropriate exposure assessment are warranted. Within the framework of the EU (European Union) ENRIECO (ENvironmental Health RIsks in European Birth Cohorts) and EU OBELIX (OBesogenic Endocrine disrupting chemicals: LInking prenatal eXposure to the development of obesity later in life) projects, we examined the hypothesis that the combination of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) adversely affects birth weight.
AB - Exposure to high concentrations of persistent organochlorines may cause fetal toxicity, but the evidence at low exposure levels is limited. Large studies with substantial exposure contrasts and appropriate exposure assessment are warranted. Within the framework of the EU (European Union) ENRIECO (ENvironmental Health RIsks in European Birth Cohorts) and EU OBELIX (OBesogenic Endocrine disrupting chemicals: LInking prenatal eXposure to the development of obesity later in life) projects, we examined the hypothesis that the combination of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) adversely affects birth weight.
U2 - 10.1289/ehp.1103767
DO - 10.1289/ehp.1103767
M3 - Journal article
VL - 120
SP - 162
EP - 170
JO - Environmental Health Perspectives
JF - Environmental Health Perspectives
SN - 0091-6765
IS - 2
ER -