Polychlorinated biphenyls in colostral milk and visual function at 12 months of life

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1103-1107

  Riva, E ^a   Grandi, F ^a   Massetto, N ^a   Radaelli, G ^a   Giovannini, M ^a   Zetterstrom R ^b   Agostoni, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Human milk; Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids; PCBs; Perinatal exposure; Visual development

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DELIVERY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; COLOSTRUM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION;

EID: 7544234244     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250410014890     Document Type: Article

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