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cookware, food packaging, and stain-repellant clothing and furniture, may lower the potency of childhood immunizations, according to a new study of residents in the Faroe Islands. Children with high blood levels of PFCs had lower antibody levels for diphtheria and tetanus than children with lower PF...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.270.477 2023-05-15T16:10:33+02:00 Forum Persistent organic pollutants Perfluorinated Compounds May Lower Vaccine The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/zip http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.270.477 en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.270.477 Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/af/98/Environ_Health_Perspect_2012_Apr_1_120(4)_a150a-a151.tar.gz text ftciteseerx 2016-01-07T20:37:14Z cookware, food packaging, and stain-repellant clothing and furniture, may lower the potency of childhood immunizations, according to a new study of residents in the Faroe Islands. Children with high blood levels of PFCs had lower antibody levels for diphtheria and tetanus than children with lower PFC levels. In some cases the antibody loads were likely too low to protect children against these infections. 1 The study participants were part of a longitudinal birth cohort born in the Faroe Islands between 1997 and 2000. Researchers measured tetanus and diphtheria antibodies in 587 children at ages 5 and 7 years. The children had been vaccinated against these diseases in accordance with the standard Danish/Faroese vaccination schedule. The children’s PFC exposure was estimated from blood samples provided by their mothers soon before delivery as well as blood samples provided by the children themselves at age 5 years Text Faroe Islands Unknown Faroe Islands |
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cookware, food packaging, and stain-repellant clothing and furniture, may lower the potency of childhood immunizations, according to a new study of residents in the Faroe Islands. Children with high blood levels of PFCs had lower antibody levels for diphtheria and tetanus than children with lower PFC levels. In some cases the antibody loads were likely too low to protect children against these infections. 1 The study participants were part of a longitudinal birth cohort born in the Faroe Islands between 1997 and 2000. Researchers measured tetanus and diphtheria antibodies in 587 children at ages 5 and 7 years. The children had been vaccinated against these diseases in accordance with the standard Danish/Faroese vaccination schedule. The children’s PFC exposure was estimated from blood samples provided by their mothers soon before delivery as well as blood samples provided by the children themselves at age 5 years |
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