Prenatal exposure to persistent organic pollutants and markers of obesity and cardiometabolic risk in Spanish adolescents

Prenatal exposure to persistent organic pollutants and markers of obesity and cardiometabolic risk in Spanish adolescents

Background: Prenatal exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) has been linked to cardiometabolic (CM) risk factors in childhood, but there are no studies evaluating the persistence of these associations into adolescence, a period of relevant changes in endocrine-dependent organ systems and r...

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Main Authors: Nuria Güil-Oumrait, Damaskini Valvi, Raquel Garcia-Esteban, Monica Guxens, Jordi Sunyer, Maties Torrent, Maribel Casas, Martine Vrijheid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Environment International
Subjects:
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (p,p’-DDT)
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
Endocrine disruptors
Cardiometabolic syndrome
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412021000945

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