Immunologic effects of background exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins in Dutch preschool children

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1203-1207

  Weisglas Kuperus, Nynke ^a   Patandin, Svati ^a   Berbers, Guy A M ^b   Sas, Theo C J ^a   Mulder, Paul G H ^c   Sauer, Pieter J J ^a   Hooijkaas, Herbert ^d  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allergic diseases; Antibody levels; Breast feeding; Infectious diseases; Leucocyte (sub) populations; PCBs; PCDDs; PCDFs

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD38 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; DIOXIN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHICKENPOX; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; INFECTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; MATERNAL PLASMA; MEASLES; MEMORY CELL; MOTHER; MUMPS; NETHERLANDS; OTITIS MEDIA; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUBELLA; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VACCINATION; WHEEZING;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0034521387     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.001081203     Document Type: Article

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