Effect of prenatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls on incidence of acute respiratory infections in preschool inuit children

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1301-1305

  Dallaire, Frédéric ^a   Dewailly, Éric ^a   Vézina, Carole ^a   Muckle, Gina ^a   Weber, Jean Phillippe ^b   Bruneau, Suzanne ^a   Ayotte, Pierre ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cord blood; Environmental health; Human; Infections; Inuit; Organochlorines; Pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Prenatal exposure; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ADULT; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESKIMO; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UMBILICAL CORD; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT; INUITS; LIPIDS; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; NUNAVUT; OTITIS MEDIA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33746912018     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8683     Document Type: Review

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