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Prenatal pesticide exposure and PON1 genotype associated with adolescent body fat distribution evaluated by dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA).
Andrology - 1 Jul 2016
Tinggaard J, Wohlfahrt-Veje C, Husby S, Christiansen L, Skakkebaek N E, Jensen T K, Grandjean P, Main K M, Andersen H R
Abstract excerpt
Many modern pesticides have endocrine disrupting abilities and early-life exposure may affect growth and disease risk later in life. Previously, we reported associations between prenatal pesticide exposure and higher childhood body fat content measured by anthropometry. The associations were affected by child PON1 Q192R genotype. We aimed to study whether prenatal pesticide exposure was still associated with body...
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