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ArticleBMC public health2015

Motor development following in utero exposure to organochlorines: a follow-up study of children aged 5-9 years in Greenland, Ukraine and Poland.

Birgit Bjerre Høyer, Cecilia Høst Ramlau-Hansen, Henning Sloth Pedersen, Katarzyna Góralczyk, Lyubov Chumak, Bo Ag Jönsson, Jens Peter Bonde, Gunnar Toft

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8 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.

Birgit Bjerre HøyerDanish Ramazzini Centre, Department of Occupational Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Nørrebrogade 44, build. 2c, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark. birghoey@rm.dk.
Cecilia Høst Ramlau-HansenDepartment of Public Health, Section for Epidemiology, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 2, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark. chrh@soci.au.dk.
Henning Sloth PedersenPrimary Health Care Clinic, Postbox 570, DK-3900, Nuuk, Greenland. hsp@mil.au.dk.
Katarzyna GóralczykDepartment of Toxicology and Risk Assessment, National Institute of Public Health-National Institute of Hygiene, Chocimska 24, 00-791, Warsaw, Poland. kgoralczyk@pzh.gov.pl.
Lyubov ChumakDepartment of Social Medicine and Organization of Public Health, Kharkiv National Medical University, 61022, Kharkiv, Ukraine. lu21122003@mail.ru.
Bo Ag JönssonDivision of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University, S-221 85, Lund, Sweden. bo_a.jonsson@med.lu.se.
Jens Peter BondeDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg Bakke 23, 2400, Copenhagen NV, Denmark. jens.peter.ellekilde.bonde@regionh.dk.
Gunnar ToftDanish Ramazzini Centre, Department of Occupational Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Nørrebrogade 44, build. 2c, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark. gunntoft@rm.dk.
Danish Ramazzini Center · DKAarhus University · DKBispebjerg Hospital · DKKharkiv National Medical University · UALund University · SENarodowy Instytut Zdrowia Publicznego PZH – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy · PLPrimary Health Care · QA

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Abstract

backgroundPrior studies on the association between prenatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) and child motor development have found contradicting results. Using data collected in the INUENDO cohort in Kharkiv (Ukraine), Warsaw (Poland) and Greenland (N = 1,103) between the years 2002 and 2012, we examined relations of prenatal exposure to 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene (p,p'-DDE) and 2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (CB-153) on motor development and developmental milestones; crawling, standing-up and walking.

methodsCB-153 and p,p'-DDE were measured in maternal blood in second or third trimester of pregnancy. Motor development was measured in terms of the parentally assessed screening tool Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire 2007 and developmental milestones were assessed via retrospective parental reports of child age at the first time of crawling, standing-up and walking.

resultsWe saw no associations between tertiles of CB-153 and p,p'-DDE or log-transformed exposures and retrospective reports of the developmental milestones crawling, standing-up and walking in infancy or the motor skills measured as developmental coordination disorder at young school age.

conclusionsIn utero exposure to CB-153 and p,p'-DDE was not associated with parentally retrospectively assessed developmental milestones in infancy or parentally assessed motor skills at young school age. The use of a more sensitive outcome measure may be warranted if subtle effects should be identified.

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Prenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsChildChild DevelopmentChild, PreschoolDichlorodiphenyl DichloroethyleneEnvironmental ExposureFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGreenlandHumansInsecticidesMalePolandPolychlorinated BiphenylsPregnancyRetrospective Studies2,4,5,2',4',5'-hexachlorobiphenylDichlorodiphenyl DichloroethyleneInsecticidesPolychlorinated Biphenyls

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