Immunologic effects of perinatal exposure to dioxins, PCBs and organochlorine pesticides in Japanese infants

Chemosphere

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Nagayama, Junya ^a   Tsuji, Hiroshi ^b   Iida, Takao ^c   Nakagawa, Reiko ^c   Matsueda, Takahiko ^c   Hirakawa, Hironori ^c   Yanagawa, Takashi ^d   Fukushige, Jun'ichiro ^e   Watanabe, Tadayoshi ^f  

^a Graduate School of Medical Sciences   (Japan)

^b Kitakyushu Tsuyazaki Hospital   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d Kurume University Graduate School of Medicine Kurume University Graduate School of Medicine Graduate School Biostatistics   (Japan)

^e FUKUOKA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f Watanabe OBGY Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Immune suppression; Lymphocyte subset; Organochlorine pesticides; PCBs; PCDDs; PCDFs

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CONTAMINATION; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BREAST MILK; IMMUNE SUPPRESSION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSET; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES;

IMMUNOLOGY;

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIOXIN; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

BLOOD; CONTAMINATION; IMMUNOLOGY; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

DIOXIN; HEALTH RISK; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFANT FEEDING; PCB; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFANT; JAPANESE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOTHER; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VENOUS BLOOD;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33847673225     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.05.134     Document Type: Article

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