Early Environmental Exposures and Intracellular Th1/Th2 Cytokine Profiles in 24-Month-Old Children Living in an Agricultural Area | Zendy

Paurene Duramad | Zendy; Kim G. Harley | Zendy; Michael Lipsett | Zendy; Asa Bradman | Zendy; Brenda Eskenazi | Zendy; Nina Holland | Zendy; Ira B. Tager | Zendy

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Early Environmental Exposures and Intracellular Th1/Th2 Cytokine Profiles in 24-Month-Old Children Living in an Agricultural Area

Author(s) -

Paurene Duramad,

Kim G. Harley,

Michael Lipsett,

Asa Bradman,

Brenda Eskenazi,

Nina Holland,

Ira B. Tager

Publication year - 2006

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.9306

Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , wheeze , allergy , cohort , immunology , pediatrics

Children who reside in agricultural settings are potentially exposed to higher levels of organophosphate (OP) pesticides, endotoxin, and allergens than their urban counterparts. Endotoxin and allergens stimulate maturation of the immune response in early childhood, but little is known about the effect of exposures to OPs or to the three combined.

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