Maternal Concentrations of Persistent Organochlorine Pollutants and the Risk of Asthma in Offspring: Results from a Prospective Cohort with 20 Years of Follow-up | Zendy

Susanne Hansen | Zendy; Marin Strøm | Zendy; Sjúrður F. Olsen | Zendy; Ekaterina Maslova | Zendy; Panu Rantakokko | Zendy; Kiviranta Hannu | Zendy; Dorte Rytter | Zendy; Bodil Hammer Bech | Zendy; Linda Vadgård Hansen | Zendy; Þórhallur I. Halldórsson | Zendy

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Maternal Concentrations of Persistent Organochlorine Pollutants and the Risk of Asthma in Offspring: Results from a Prospective Cohort with 20 Years of Follow-up

Author(s) -

Susanne Hansen,

Marin Strøm,

Sjúrður F. Olsen,

Ekaterina Maslova,

Panu Rantakokko,

Kiviranta Hannu,

Dorte Rytter,

Bodil Hammer Bech,

Linda Vadgård Hansen,

Þórhallur I. Halldórsson

Publication year - 2013

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.1206397

Subject(s) - hexachlorobenzene , offspring , asthma , medicine , cohort , pregnancy , gestation , cohort study , physiology , hazard ratio , prospective cohort study , pollutant , environmental health , confidence interval , biology , ecology , genetics

Previous findings suggest that developmental exposures to persistent organochlorine pollutants (POPs) may be detrimental for the development of the immune system in the offspring. Whether these suspected immunoregulatory effects persist beyond early childhood remains unclear.

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