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IJE Advance Access originally published online on July 17, 2006
International Journal of Epidemiology 2006 35(4):858-861; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl145
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Commentary: Halogenated organic compounds and child's growth: a growing public health problem

Wilfried Karmaus

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Norman J. Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 800 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29208-0001, USA. E-mail: karmaus@sc.edu

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Halogenated organic compounds (HOCs) such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethylene (DDE) may interfere with normal hormonal function and, thereby, affect growth and maturation. Thus, these toxicants were termed ‘endocrine disruptors’.1–6 Two outcomes, easily observed and frequently linked to HOCs, are birth size and post-natal height and growth. Both outcomes can indicate adverse intrauterine and post-natal development and are . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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