Polychlorinated biphenyls: influence on birthweight and gestation

Journal Article · Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984 · Am. J. Public Health; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.74.10.1153· OSTI ID:6265507

Taylor, P R; Lawrence, C E; Hwang, H L; Paulson, A S

Fifty-one infants born to women employed at two capacitor manufacturing facilities with a history of high exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) had a mean birthweight of 153 grams less than that of 337 infants born to women who had worked in low-exposure areas (90 per cent confidence interval, -286 to -20 g); mean gestational age was 6.6 days shorter in the high-exposure infants (90 per cent CI, -10.3 to -2.9 days). After adjusting for gestational age, the difference in birthweight was markedly reduced, indicating that the observed reduction in birthweight was due mainly to shortening of gestational age in the high-exposure group.

• Research Organization: New York State Dept. of Health, Albany
• OSTI ID: 6265507
• Journal Information: Am. J. Public Health; (United States), Journal Name: Am. J. Public Health; (United States) Vol. 74:10; ISSN AJHEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AGE GROUPS
ANIMALS
AROMATICS
CHILDREN
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS
FEMALES
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
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INFANTS
MAMMALS
MAN
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
PERSONNEL
PRIMATES
PROGENY
VERTEBRATES
WEIGHT
WOMEN