Effects of trimester-specific exposure to vanadium on ultrasound measures of fetal growth and birth size: a longitudinal prospective prenatal cohort study

Summary: Background: Identification of windows of heightened vulnerability to environmental factors has substantial public health implications. Prenatal exposure to vanadium has been linked to adverse birth outcomes; however, critical windows for such exposure during fetal growth remain unknown. We...

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Main Authors: Jie Hu, PhD, Yang Peng, MD, Tongzhang Zheng, ProfScD, Bin Zhang, PhD, Wenyu Liu, MD, Chuansha Wu, PhD, Minmin Jiang, PhD, Joseph M Braun, PhD, Simin Liu, ProfScD, Stephen L Buka, ProfScD, Aifen Zhou, PhD, John Pierce Wise, Sr, ProfPhD, Yiming Zhang, MPH, Yangqian Jiang, MD, Chen Hu, MD, Xiaomei Chen, MD, Zheng Huang, PhD, Dan Zheng, PhD, Kunchong Shi, PhD, Xichi Zhang, BS, Ashley Truong, BA, Zhengmin Qian, ProfPhD, Wei Xia, PhD, Yuanyuan Li, PhD, Shunqing Xu, ProfPhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-10-01
Series:The Lancet Planetary Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542519618302109