The relationship between persistent organic pollutants in maternal and neonatal tissues and immune responses to allergens: A novel exploratory study

Chemosphere

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1304-1311

  Noakes, Paul S ^a   Taylor, Peter ^b   Wilkinson, Steve ^b   Prescott, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Chemistry Centre Western Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergy; Cord blood; Cytokines; Persistent organic pollutants; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOLOGY; NEONATAL MONITORING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE;

CORD BLOOD; CYTOKINES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PREGNANCY;

ALLERGIES;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALLERGEN; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; LINDANE; MITOGENIC AGENT; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ALLERGIES; BLOOD; CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOLOGY; NEONATAL MONITORING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE;

ANTIGEN; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIC; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MATERNAL HEALTH; METABOLITE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PESTICIDE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEWBORN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PLACENTA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TH1 CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33646169659     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.09.008     Document Type: Article

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