Lactational exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene and infant neurodevelopment: An analysis of the pregnancy, infection, and nutrition babies study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 488-494

  Pan, I Jen ^a   Daniels, Julie L ^a   Goldman, Barbara D ^b   Herring, Amy H ^a,c   Siega Riz, Anna Maria ^a,c   Rogan, Walter J ^d  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast milk; DDE; DDT; Lactation; MacArthur Bates communicative development indices; Mullen scales of early learning; PCBs

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INFECTION; LACTATIONAL EXPOSURE; MACARTHUR BATES COMMUNICATIVE DEVELOPMENT INDICES; MALE; MULLEN SCALES OF EARLY LEARNING; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RACE DIFFERENCE;

DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; FEMALE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILK, HUMAN; NORTH CAROLINA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 64049117207     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0800063     Document Type: Article

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