ArticlePediatrics2011
Serum dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls are associated with growth among Russian boys.
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- Associations of peri-pubertal serum dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls with growth and body composition among Russian boys in a longitudinal cohort.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2020Article
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- Risk for animal and human health related to the presence of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in feed and food.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2018Article
- The association of peripubertal serum concentrations of organochlorine chemicals and blood lead with growth and pubertal development in a longitudinal cohort of boys: a review of published results from the Russian Children's Study.Reviews on environmental health · 2017Review
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- Associations of Peripubertal Serum Dioxin and Polychlorinated Biphenyl Concentrations with Pubertal Timing among Russian Boys.Environmental health perspectives · 2016Article
- What Can Epidemiological Studies Tell Us about the Impact of Chemical Mixtures on Human Health?Environmental health perspectives · 2016Article
- Health effects associated with measured levels of contaminants in the Arctic.International journal of circumpolar health · 2016Article
- Changes in persistent organic pollutant levels from adolescence to young adulthood.Environmental research · 2015Article
- Variability in PCB and OH-PCB serum levels in children and their mothers in urban and rural U.S. communities.Environmental science & technology · 2014Article
- Growth in Inuit children exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls and lead during fetal development and childhood.Environmental research · 2014Article
- IL-22 mRNA expression in blood samples as a useful biomarker for assessing the adverse health effects of PCBs on allergic children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2012Article
- Environmental exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and p,p'-DDE and sperm sex-chromosome disomy.Environmental health perspectives · 2012Article
- Serum concentrations of organochlorine pesticides and growth among Russian boys.Environmental health perspectives · 2012Article
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- Dioxin and polychlorinated biphenyl concentrations in mother's serum and the timing of pubertal onset in sons.Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2011Article
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Abstract
objectiveWe evaluated the associations of serum dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) with longitudinally assessed growth measurements among peripubertal Russian boys.
methodsA total of 499 boys from Chapaevsk, Russia, aged 8 to 9 years were enrolled in the study from 2003 to 2005 and were followed prospectively for 3 years. Blood samples were collected and physical examinations were conducted at entry and repeated at annual study visits. Multivariate mixed-effects regression models for repeated measures were used to examine the associations of serum dioxins and PCBs with longitudinal measurements of BMI, height, and height velocity.
resultsSerum dioxin (total 2005 toxic equivalency [TEQ] median: 21.1 pg/g lipid) and PCBs (median sum of PCBs: 250 ng/g lipid) were measured in 468 boys. At study entry and during 3 years of follow-up, >50% of the boys had age-adjusted BMI and height z scores within 1 SD of World Health Organization-standardized mean values for age. Boys in the highest exposure quintile of the sum of dioxin and PCB concentrations and total TEQs had a significant decrease in mean BMI z scores of 0.67 for dioxins and TEQs and 1.04 for PCBs, compared with boys in the lowest exposure quintile. Comparison of the highest versus the lowest quintile revealed that higher serum PCB concentrations were associated with significantly lower height z scores (mean z-score decrease: 0.41) and height velocity (mean decrease: 0.19 cm/year) after 3 years of follow-up.
conclusionsOur findings suggest that exposures to dioxins and PCBs are associated with reduced growth during the peripubertal period and may compromise adult body mass, stature, and health.
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