Alfano, Rossella https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9374-4727
Plusquin, Michelle
Robinson, Oliver https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4735-0468
Brescianini, Sonia
Chatzi, Lida
Keski-Rahkonen, Pekka
Handakas, Evangelos
Maitre, Lea
Nawrot, Tim
Robinot, Nivonirina
Roumeliotaki, Theano https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5044-983X
Sassi, Franco
Scalbert, Augustin
Vrijheid, Martine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7090-1758
Vineis, Paolo
Richiardi, Lorenzo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0316-9402
Zugna, Daniela
Article History
Received: 10 September 2021
Revised: 22 February 2022
Accepted: 23 February 2022
First Online: 4 May 2022
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The ENVIR<i>ON</i>AGE study was approved by the ethical committees of Hasselt University and Hospital East-Limburg, Genk, Belgium and conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The INMA study was approved by the ethics committee of the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute and conducted according to principles of the Helsinki Declaration. ethical approvals for Piccolipiù study have been obtained from the Ethics committees of the Local Health Unit Roma E (management centre), of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (National Institute of Public Health) and of each local centre. The Rhea study was conducted according to the guidelines laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki and all procedures involving human subjects were approved by the ethical committee of the University Hospital in Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
: Where authors are identified as personnel of the International Agency for Research on Cancer / World Health Organization, the authors alone are responsible for the views expressed in this article and they do not necessarily represent the decisions, policy or views of the International Agency for Research on Cancer / World Health Organization.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all women participating in the ENVIRONAGE and Rhea study. Parents of INMA and Piccolipiù provided written informed consent.