Reduced Antibody Responses to Vaccinations in Children Exposed to Polychlorinated Biphenyls

A study of two birth cohorts in the Faroe Islands, where diets may include whale blubber contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), suggests exposure to PCBs may reduce immune response to childhood vaccinations.

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Published in:PLoS Medicine
Main Authors: Heilmann, Carsten, Grandjean, Philippe, Weihe, Pál, Nielsen, Flemming, Budtz-Jørgensen, Esben
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2006
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Research Article
Faroe Islands
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1551916
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16942395
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030311
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spelling ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:1551916 2023-05-15T16:10:30+02:00 Reduced Antibody Responses to Vaccinations in Children Exposed to Polychlorinated Biphenyls Heilmann, Carsten Grandjean, Philippe Weihe, Pál Nielsen, Flemming Budtz-Jørgensen, Esben 2006-08 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1551916 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16942395 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030311 en eng Public Library of Science http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1551916 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16942395 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030311 Copyright: © 2006 Heilmann et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. CC-BY Research Article Text 2006 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030311 2013-08-31T05:55:07Z A study of two birth cohorts in the Faroe Islands, where diets may include whale blubber contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), suggests exposure to PCBs may reduce immune response to childhood vaccinations. Text Faroe Islands PubMed Central (PMC) Faroe Islands PLoS Medicine 3 8 e311
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Grandjean, Philippe
Weihe, Pál
Nielsen, Flemming
Budtz-Jørgensen, Esben
Reduced Antibody Responses to Vaccinations in Children Exposed to Polychlorinated Biphenyls
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author Heilmann, Carsten
Grandjean, Philippe
Weihe, Pál
Nielsen, Flemming
Budtz-Jørgensen, Esben
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title Reduced Antibody Responses to Vaccinations in Children Exposed to Polychlorinated Biphenyls
title_short Reduced Antibody Responses to Vaccinations in Children Exposed to Polychlorinated Biphenyls
title_full Reduced Antibody Responses to Vaccinations in Children Exposed to Polychlorinated Biphenyls
title_fullStr Reduced Antibody Responses to Vaccinations in Children Exposed to Polychlorinated Biphenyls
title_full_unstemmed Reduced Antibody Responses to Vaccinations in Children Exposed to Polychlorinated Biphenyls
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