Organochlorine pesticides and PCBs in human milk collected from mothers nursing hospitalized children. 1998

B Krauthacker, and E Reiner, and A Votava-Raić, and D Tjesić-Drinković, and D Batinić
Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia.

Organochlorine compounds in milk were analyzed in samples collected over a nine-year period (1987-1995) from nursing mothers (N = 139) whose children were hospitalized for various disorders. All samples contained p,p'-DDE and PCBs; the median concentrations were 318 micrograms/kg milk fat and 220 micrograms/kg milk fat resp. Higher levels were found in mothers (N = 12) nursing neonates with impaired neurodevelopmental competencies or an inappropriate arousal reaction. No difference was observed between mothers nursing children with respiratory or gastrointestinal diseases, urinary tract infections or other infectious diseases, anemias, prolonged neonatal hyperbilirubinaemias or when children were with dermatological findings, congenital malformations or healthy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D007232 Infant, Newborn, Diseases Diseases of newborn infants present at birth (congenital) or developing within the first month of birth. It does not include hereditary diseases not manifesting at birth or within the first 30 days of life nor does it include inborn errors of metabolism. Both HEREDITARY DISEASES and METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS are available as general concepts. Neonatal Diseases,Disease, Neonatal,Diseases, Neonatal,Neonatal Disease
D007306 Insecticides Pesticides designed to control insects that are harmful to man. The insects may be directly harmful, as those acting as disease vectors, or indirectly harmful, as destroyers of crops, food products, or textile fabrics. Insecticide
D008895 Milk, Human Milk that is produced by HUMAN MAMMARY GLANDS. Breast Milk,Human Milk,Milk, Breast
D010573 Pesticide Residues Pesticides or their breakdown products remaining in the environment following their normal use or accidental contamination. Pesticide Residue,Residue, Pesticide,Residues, Pesticide
D011078 Polychlorinated Biphenyls Industrial products consisting of a mixture of chlorinated biphenyl congeners and isomers. These compounds are highly lipophilic and tend to accumulate in fat stores of animals. Many of these compounds are considered toxic and potential environmental pollutants. PCBs,Polychlorinated Biphenyl,Polychlorobiphenyl Compounds,Biphenyl, Polychlorinated,Biphenyls, Polychlorinated,Compounds, Polychlorobiphenyl
D001942 Breast Feeding The nursing of an infant at the breast. Breast Fed,Breastfed,Milk Sharing,Wet Nursing,Breast Feeding, Exclusive,Breastfeeding,Breastfeeding, Exclusive,Exclusive Breast Feeding,Exclusive Breastfeeding,Sharing, Milk
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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