Newborn weights affected by environmental contaminants

About the Study
The study Decreasing sex difference in birth weight, published in the journal Epidemiology, was authored by Dr. Guy Van Vliet, a pediatric endocrinologist and investigator at the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Center and a professor at the Department of Pediatrics of the Université de Montréal; Dr. Shiliang Liu, a perinatal epidemiologist at the Public Health Agency of Canada as well as with Dr. Michael S. Kramer, Scientific Director of the Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health of the Canadian Institutes for Health Research and a professor at the Departments of Pediatrics and Epidemiology, McGill University. The study was carried out under the auspices of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System (CPSS).

On the Web:
About the study cited in the journal Epidemiology: http://journals.lww.com/epidem/Citation/2009/07000/Decreasing_Sex_Difference_in_Birth_Weight.24.aspx
About the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Center: www.recherche-sainte-justine.qc.ca/en
About the Université de Montréal: www.umontreal.ca/english/index.htm
About McGill University: www.mcgill.ca
About the Canadian Institutes for Health Research: www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/193.html

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Sainte-Justine Hospital
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