Signs of enhanced neuromotor maturation in children due to perinatal load with background levels of dioxins. Follow-up until age 2 years and 7 months

Chemosphere

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1317-1326

  Ilsen, A ^a   Briet J M ^a   Koppe, J G ^a   Pluim, H J ^a   Oosting, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; THYROID FUNCTION;

EID: 0030271291     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0045-6535(96)00269-X     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. 1. S.H. Safe, Comparative toxicology and mechanism of action of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans, Ann. Rev. Pharmacol. Toxicol. 26, 371-399 (1986).
2. 2. J.L. Jacobson, S.W. Jacobson, H.E.B. Humphrey, Effects of in utero exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and related contaminants on cognitive functioning in young children, J. Pediatr. 116, 38-45 (1990).
3. 3. J.L. Jacobson, S.W. Jacobson, H.E.B. Humphrey, Effects of exposure to PCBs and related compounds on growth and activity in children, Neurotoxicol. Teratol. 12, 319-326 (1990).
4. 4. B.C. Gladen, W.J. Rogan, Effects of perinatal polychlorinated biphenyls and dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethene on later development, J. Pediatr. 119, 58-63 (1991).
5. 5. P. Mocarelli, A. Marocchi, P. Brambilla, P.M. Gerthoux, D.S. Young, N. Mantel, Clinical laboratory manifestations of exposure to dioxin in children, JAMA 256, 2687-2695 (1986).
6. 6. H.J. Pluim, Dioxins, pre- and postnatal exposure in the human newborn, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands (1993).
7. 7. H.J. Pluim, M. v.d. Goot, K. Olie, J.W. v.d. Slikke, J.G. Koppe, Missing effects of background dioxin exposure on development of breastfed infants during the first half year of life, Chemosphere 33, 1307-1315 (1996).
8. 8. M. Huisman, C. Koopman-Esseboom, V. Fidler, M. Hadders-Algra, C.G. van der Paauw, L.G.M.Th. Tuinstra, N. Weisglas-Kuperus, P.J.J. Sauer, B.C.L. Touwen, E.R. Boersma, Perinatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins and its effect on neonatal neurological develop ment, Early Hum. Dev. 41, 111-127 (1995).
9. 9. H.J. Pluim, J.G. Koppe, K. Olie, J.W. v.d. Slikke, J.H. Kok, T. Vulsma, et al, Effects of dioxins on thyroid hormone function in newborn babies, Lancet 339, 1303 (1992).
10. 10. H.J. Pluim, J.J.M. de Vijlder, K. Olie, J.H. Kok, T. Vulsma, D.A. van Tijn, J.W. van der Slikke, J.G. Koppe, Effects of pre- and postnatal exposure to chlorinated dioxins and furans on human neonatal thyroid hormone concentrations, Environmental Health Perspect 101, 504-508 (1993).
11. 11. H.J. Pluim, J.G. Koppe, K. Olie, J.W. van der Slikke, P.C. Slot, C.J. van Boxtel, Clinical laboratory manifestations of exposure to background levels of dioxins in the perinatal period, Acta Paediatr 83, 583-587 (1994).
12. 12. Touwen, B.C.L., How normal is variable, or how variable is normal?, Early Hum. Dev. 34, 1-12 (1993).
13. 13. R.E. Petersen, H.M. Theobald, G.L. Kimmel, Developmental and reproductive toxicity of dioxins and related compounds: cross-species comparisons, Crit. Rev. Toxicol. 23, 283-335 (1993).
14. 14. J.A. van Zorge, J.H. van Wijnen, R.M.C. Theelen, K. Olie, M. van den Berg, Assesment of the toxicity of mixtures of halogenated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans by use of toxicity equivalency factors (TEF), Chemosphere 19, 1881-1895 (1989).
15. 15. T.M. Wickizer, L.B. Brilliant, Testing for polychlorinated biphenyls in human milk, Pediatrics 68, 411-415 (1981).
16. 16. W.J. Rogan, B.C. Gladen, J.D. McKinney, N. Carreras, P. Hardy, J. Thullen, J. Tingelstad, M. Tully, Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethene (DDE) in human milk: effects on growth, morbidity and duration of lactation, Am. J. Public. Health 77, 1294-1297 (1987).
17. 17. B.F. van der Meulen, M. Smrkovsky, De Bayley Ontwikkelingsschalen (BOS 2-30), Lisse, Swets en Zeitlinger (1983).
18. 18. M.S. Hempel, The neurological examination for toddler-age, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Gronin gen, the Netherlands (1993).
19. 19. M.S. Hempel, Neurological development during toddling age in normal children and children at risk of developmental disorders, Early Hum. Dev. 34, 47-57 (1993).
20. 20. L.S. Birnbaum, The role of structure in the disposition of halogenated aromatic xenobiotics, Environ. Health Perspect. 61, 11-20 (1985).
21. 21. C. Rappe, M. Nygren, G. Lindstrom, M. Hansson, Dioxins and dibenzofurans in biological samples of European origin, Chemosphere 15, 1635-1639 (1986).
22. 22. M. Huisman, C. Koopman-Esseboom, C.I. Lanting, C.G. van der Pauw, L.G.M.Th. Tuinstra, V. Fidler, N. Weisglas-Kuperus, P.J.J. Sauer, E.R. Boersma, B.L. Touwen, Neurological condition in 18-month-old children perinatally exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins, Early Hum. Development 43(2), 165-176 (1995).
23. 23. B.C. Gladen, W.J. Rogan, P. Hardy, J. Thullen, J. Tingelstad, M. Tully, Development after exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethene transplacentally and through human milk, J. Pediatr. 113, 991-995 (1988).
24. 24. C. Koopman-Esseboom, D. Morse, N. Weisglas-Kuperus, I.J. Lutkeschipholt, C.G. van der Paauw, L.G.M.T. Tuinstra, A. Brouwer, P.J.J. Sauer, Effects of dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls on thyroid hormone status of pregnant women and their infants, Ped. Res. 36(4), 468-473 (1994).
25. 25. J.D. McKinney, J. Fawkes, S. Jordan, K. Chae, S. Oatley, R.E. Coleman, W. Briner, 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) as a potent and persistent thyroxine agonist: A mechanistic model for toxicity based on molecular reactivity, Environ. Health Perspect. 61 41-53 (1985).
26. 26. W.J. Rogan, B.C. Gladen, J.D. McKinney, N. Carreras, P. Hardy, J. Thullen et al, Neonatal effects of transplacental exposure to PCBs and DDE, J. Pediatr. 109, 335-341 (1986).
27. 27. M.L. Yu, C.C. Hsu, B.C. Gladen, W.J. Rogan, In utero PCB/PCDF exposure: relation to developmental delay, to dysmorphology and dose, Neurotoxicol Teratol 13, 195-202 (1991).