Prenatal dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) and asthma in children

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1787-1790

  Sunyer, Jordi ^a,b   Torrent, Maties ^c   Muñoz Ortiz, Laura ^a   Ribas Fitó, Núria ^a   Carrizo, Daniel ^d   Grimalt, Joan ^d   Antó, Josep M ^a,b   Cullinan, Paul ^e  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c IBSALUT   (Spain)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Children; DDE dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene; Organochlorines

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BREAST FEEDING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN; WHEEZING;

ASTIGMATA; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 29144495989     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8127     Document Type: Article

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