Persistent organic pollutants exposure in newborn dried blood spots and infant weight status: A case-control study of low-income Hispanic mother-infant pairs

Rachel S. Gross, Akhgar Ghassabian, Sarvenaz Vandyousefi, Mary Jo Messito, Chongjing Gao, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Leonardo Trasande

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Abstract

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) were associated with prenatal diet and lower birth weight z-scores, but were not associated with overweight status at age 18 months.

Original languageEnglish
Article number115427
JournalEnvironmental Pollution
Volume267
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Birth weight
  • Child obesity
  • Diet quality
  • Persistent organic pollutants
  • Pregnancy

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