Measurement of PCBs, DDE, and hexachlorobenzene in cord blood from infants born in towns adjacent to a PCB-contaminated waste site

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 6 II SUPPL., 2000, Pages 743-754

  Korrick, Susan A ^a,b,e   Altshul, Larisa M ^b   Tolbert, Paige E ^c   Burse, Virlyn W ^d   Needham, Larry L ^d   Monson, Richard R ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cord blood; DDE; Hexachlorobenzene; PCB; Pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROTOXICITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034520752     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500120     Document Type: Article

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