Lactational Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, and Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene and Infant Neurodevelopment: An Analysis of the Pregnancy, Infection, and Nutrition Babies Study | Zendy

IJen Pan | Zendy; Julie L. Daniels | Zendy; Barbara Davis Goldman | Zendy; Amy H. Herring | Zendy; Anna Maria SiegaRiz | Zendy; Walter J. Rogan | Zendy

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Lactational Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, and Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene and Infant Neurodevelopment: An Analysis of the Pregnancy, Infection, and Nutrition Babies Study

Author(s) -

IJen Pan,

Julie L. Daniels,

Barbara Davis Goldman,

Amy H. Herring,

Anna Maria SiegaRiz,

Walter J. Rogan

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.0800063

Subject(s) - breast milk , population , odds ratio , lactation , pregnancy , breast feeding , medicine , confidence interval , infant formula , physiology , environmental health , biology , pediatrics , biochemistry , genetics

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) are persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic pollutants that were broadly used in the United States until the 1970s. Common exposure to PCBs, DDT, and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE), the most stable metabolite of DDT, may influence children's neurodevelopment, but study results are not consistent.

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