Perfluorinated Chemicals and Fetal Growth: A Study within the Danish National Birth Cohort
University of California, Los Angeles · International Epidemiology Institute · +2 more institutions
Abstract
Perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) are man-made, persistent organic pollutants widely spread throughout the environment and human populations. They have been found to interfere with fetal growth in some animal models, but whether a similar effect is seen in humans is uncertain.
We investigated the association between plasma levels of PFOS and PFOA in pregnant women and their infants' birth weight and length of gestation.
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 30.11
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 43
Authors
4- CFChunyuan FeiCorresponding
University of California, Los Angeles
- JKJoseph K. McLaughlin
International Epidemiology Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- RERobert E. Tarone
International Epidemiology Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- JOJørn Olsen
University of California, Los Angeles, Aarhus University
Topics & keywords
- Birth weight
- Cohort
- Medicine
- Gestation
- Pregnancy
- Fetus
- Cohort study
- Obstetrics
- Good health and well-being