Susceptibility to infections and immune status in Inuit infants exposed to organochlorines.
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Susceptibility to infections and immune status in Inuit infants exposed to organochlorines.
We investigated whether organochlorine exposure is associated with the incidence of infectious diseases in Inuit infants from Nunavik (Arctic Quebec, Canada). We compiled the number of infectious disease episodes during the first year of life for 98 breast-fed and 73 bottle-fed infants. Concentrations of organochlorines were measured in early breast milk samples and used as surrogates to prenat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.00108205