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ArticleCurrent epidemiology reports2014

Challenges and future directions to evaluating the association between prenatal exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals and childhood obesity.

Megan E Romano, David A Savitz, Joseph M Braun

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Article in Current epidemiology reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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16 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Megan E RomanoDepartment of Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
David A SavitzDepartment of Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
Joseph M BraunDepartment of Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

Funding

Spatial Analysis CoreR24HD041020 · NICHD · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI LOGAN, JOHN R · 2001 to 2016
$7.4M
Prenatal Sex Steroids, Bisphenol A, Phthalates, and Sexually Dimorphic BehaviorsR00ES020346 · NIEHS · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI BRAUN, JOSEPH M · 2013 to 2015
$683k
NICHD NIH HHS R24 HD041020NIEHS NIH HHS R00 ES020346
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity is an increasing public health threat worldwide. However, there has been insufficient research addressing the obesogenic potential of prenatal exposure to environmental endocrine disrupting chemicals, largely due to complexities in the design, analysis, and interpretation of such studies. This review describes relevant biological mechanisms, addresses current challenges for investigators, presents potential strategies for overcoming them, and identifies areas where further development is required to improve future research. Special considerations for exposure assessment, outcome heterogeneity, and complex confounding structures are described.

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childhood obesityEDCendocrine disruptorenvironmentepidemiologyobesity riskobesogen

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PMID25328860
PMCPMC4199333

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