Open AccessDevelopmental Immunotoxicity Testing and Protection of Children's Health
Author(s) -
Rodney R. Dietert
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
plos medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.847
H-Index - 228
eISSN - 1549-1676
pISSN - 1549-1277
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030296
Subject(s) - immune system , environmental health , medicine , vaccination , immunology , antibody , pregnancy , physiology , biology , genetics
Dietert discusses a new study in PLoS Medicine, by Heilmann et al., showing that children exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have reduced antibody responses to childhood vaccinations.
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