Environmental contaminants and child's growth.
J Dev Orig Health Dis
; 9(6): 632-641, 2018 12.
Article
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ABSTRACT
Experimental data have suggested that some contaminants in the environment may increase the risk of obesity. Infants can be exposed to chemicals either prenatally, by trans-placental passage of chemicals, or postnatally by their own diet and by other external pathways (air inhalation, dust, hand-to-mouth exposure) after birth. To provide a review of epidemiological evidence on the association between prenatal exposure to chemicals and prenatal and postnatal growth, we present the literature from systematic review articles and international meta-analyses, when available, or recent research articles when summarizing articles were not available. The most studied contaminants in this field were persistent organic pollutants (e.g. organochlorinated pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls), non-persistent pollutants (e.g. phthalates, bisphenol A), toxic heavy metals (i.e. cadmium, lead and mercury), arsenic, mycotoxins and acrylamide. Mounting evidence suggests that child's growth may be associated with prenatal or postnatal exposures to environmental contaminants. Improving exposure assessment and studying the contaminants as mixtures should allow to gain knowledge about the environmental determinants of growth and obesity.
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Texto completo:
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Efectos Tardíos de la Exposición Prenatal
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Exposición a Riesgos Ambientales
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Contaminantes Ambientales
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Obesidad
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Systematic_reviews
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Pregnancy
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Dev Orig Health Dis
Año:
2018
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Francia