Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethene (DDE) in human milk: effects of maternal factors and previous lactation.

Abstract:

:The authors measured polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethene (DDE) in maternal serum, cord blood, placenta, and serial samples of breast milk from 868 women. Almost all samples of breast milk showed detectable levels of both chemicals. Overall, values for DDE in this study are within the range of those found previously, whereas those for PCBs are somewhat higher. Possible causes of variation in levels were investigated. For DDE, older women, Black women, cigarette smokers, and women who consumed sport fish during pregnancy had higher levels; only age and race showed large effects. For PCBs, older women, women who regularly drink alcohol, and primiparae had higher levels. In addition, both chemicals showed modest variation across occupational groupings. Casual exposure to a PCB spill did not result in chemical levels different from background. In general, women have higher levels in their first lactation and in the earlier samples of a given lactation, and levels decline both with time spent breast-feeding and with number of children nursed. These striking declines are presumably a measure of exposure to the child.

journal_name

Am J Public Health

authors

Rogan WJ,Gladen BC,McKinney JD,Carreras N,Hardy P,Thullen J,Tingelstad J,Tully M

doi

10.2105/ajph.76.2.172

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1986-02-01 00:00:00

pages

172-7

issue

2

eissn

0090-0036

issn

1541-0048

journal_volume

76

pub_type

杂志文章
  • Sudden unexpected infant deaths: sleep environment and circumstances.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:We sought to describe the characteristics and sleep circumstances of infants who die suddenly and unexpectedly and to examine similarities and differences in risk factors among infants whose deaths are classified as resulting from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), suffocation, or undetermined causes. MET...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2011.300613

    authors: Schnitzer PG,Covington TM,Dykstra HK

    更新日期:2012-06-01 00:00:00

  • Epidemiology and quantitative risk assessment: a bridge from science to policy.

    abstract::Quantitative risk assessment provides formalized scientific input to regulatory agencies that set occupational and environmental standards for potentially toxic exposures. Current practice relies heavily on statistical extrapolation from high-dose animal studies. Human data obviate the need for interspecies extrapolat...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.85.4.484

    authors: Hertz-Picciotto I

    更新日期:1995-04-01 00:00:00

  • Pandemic influenza and pregnant women: summary of a meeting of experts.

    abstract::Pandemic Influenza: Special Considerations for Pregnant Women was a meeting convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2008 to obtain input from experts and key partners regarding clinical management of pregnant women and related public health actions to be taken during a pandemic. Meeting goals wer...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2008.152900

    authors: Rasmussen SA,Jamieson DJ,Macfarlane K,Cragan JD,Williams J,Henderson Z,Pandemic Influenza and Pregnancy Working Group.

    更新日期:2009-10-01 00:00:00

  • Evaluation of tuberculosis control programs: some national trends.

    abstract::Increasing numbers of tuberculosis control programs compile information about the number, location, bacteriologic status, and chemotherapy status of tuberculosis patients within their jurisdiction. Reports from these programs show that during the 1970s the prevalence of patients requiring supervision decreased three t...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.74.4.344

    authors: Powell KE,Brown ED,Seggerson JJ,Farer LS

    更新日期:1984-04-01 00:00:00

  • Compliance with the 1992 California motorcycle helmet use law.

    abstract::To evaluate helmet use in California before and after the introduction of an unrestricted helmet use law on January 1, 1992, observations of motorcycles and their riders were made at 60 locations in seven California counties, twice before and four times after the law was introduced. Helmet use increased from about 50%...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.85.1.96

    authors: Kraus JF,Peek C,Williams A

    更新日期:1995-01-01 00:00:00

  • Prevalence of gender identity disorder and suicide risk among transgender veterans utilizing veterans health administration care.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:We estimated the prevalence and incidence of gender identity disorder (GID) diagnoses among veterans in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) health care system and examined suicide risk among veterans with a GID diagnosis. METHODS:We examined VHA electronic medical records from 2000 through 2011 for 2 o...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301507

    authors: Blosnich JR,Brown GR,Shipherd Phd JC,Kauth M,Piegari RI,Bossarte RM

    更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00

  • Uruguay on the world stage: how child health became an international priority.

    abstract::The evolution of international health has typically been assessed from the standpoint of central institutions (international health organizations, foundations, and development agencies) or of one-way diffusion and influence from developed to developing countries. To deepen understanding of how the international health...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2004.038778

    authors: Birn AE

    更新日期:2005-09-01 00:00:00

  • Battered and pregnant: a prevalence study.

    abstract::We interviewed 290 pregnant women randomly selected from public and private prenatal clinics, 80 per cent of whom were at least five months pregnant (ages 18-43, 42 per cent Latino, 22 per cent Black). Twenty-four women reported physical battering during this pregnancy (44 reported physical battering before the curren...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.77.10.1337

    authors: Helton AS,McFarlane J,Anderson ET

    更新日期:1987-10-01 00:00:00

  • Detection of excess influenza severity: associating respiratory hospitalization and mortality data with reports of influenza-like illness by primary care physicians.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:We explored whether excesses in influenza severity can be detected by combining respiratory syndromic hospital and mortality data with data on influenza-like illness (ILI) cases obtained from general practitioners. METHODS:To identify excesses in the severity of influenza infections in the population of the...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2009.168245

    authors: van den Wijngaard CC,van Asten L,Meijer A,van Pelt W,Nagelkerke NJ,Donker GA,van der Sande MA,Koopmans MP

    更新日期:2010-11-01 00:00:00

  • Ownership and performance of outpatient substance abuse treatment centers.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Little is known about the organization and performance of outpatient substance abuse treatment (OSAT) centers. We examine several performance measures of OSAT units, including clients treated, services provided, revenue sources, financial performance, and access to care, in relation to ownership of the cente...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.82.5.711

    authors: Wheeler JR,Fadel H,D'Aunno TA

    更新日期:1992-05-01 00:00:00

  • Prevalence of HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C in people with severe mental illness.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:This study assessed seroprevalence rates of HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) among individuals with severe mental illness. METHODS:Participants (n = 931) were patients undergoing inpatient or outpatient treatment in Connecticut, Maryland, New Hampshire, or North Carolina. RESULTS:T...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究

    doi:10.2105/ajph.91.1.31

    authors: Rosenberg SD,Goodman LA,Osher FC,Swartz MS,Essock SM,Butterfield MI,Constantine NT,Wolford GL,Salyers MP

    更新日期:2001-01-01 00:00:00

  • Structure and functions of state public health agencies.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:We assessed the structure and functions of state health departments throughout the United States and compared our findings with those from a previous national assessment conducted in 1990. METHODS:In 2001, we sent a survey to the state health officers of all 50 states. The survey asked about the structure a...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2004.053439

    authors: Beitsch LM,Brooks RG,Grigg M,Menachemi N

    更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00

  • Put prevention into practice: a controlled evaluation.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether Put Prevention Into Practice (PPIP) materials affected the delivery of 8 clinical preventive services. METHODS:Program materials were provided to a family medicine practice serving a diverse, low-income population. Appropriate use of clinical preventive serv...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.90.10.1622

    authors: Melnikow J,Kohatsu ND,Chan BK

    更新日期:2000-10-01 00:00:00

  • Hospital religious affiliation and emergency contraceptive prescribing practices.

    abstract::With access to reproductive health care eroding, examination of prescribing of contraception, including emergency contraception (EC), is important. We examined whether working in a family practice affiliated with a religious institution changes the likelihood of a provider prescribing EC. Our survey asked about EC pre...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2004.061218

    authors: Rubin SE,Grumet S,Prine L

    更新日期:2006-08-01 00:00:00

  • The contribution of maternal age to racial disparities in birthweight: a multilevel perspective.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:This study assessed the contribution of age and other risk factors to racial disparities in rates of moderately low birthweight (MLBW; 1500-2499 g) and very low birthweight (VLBW; <1500 g). METHODS:Logistic regression models were developed to determine the effects on MLBW and VLBW of maternal age, race, and...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.91.11.1815

    authors: Rauh VA,Andrews HF,Garfinkel RS

    更新日期:2001-11-01 00:00:00

  • Breast cancer screening by mammography: utilization and associated factors.

    abstract::The status of mammography screening experience and factors related to utilization were examined in six towns serviced by physician staffs at five hospitals. Data were collected via random digit dial telephone interview of a probability sample of 1184 women, aged 45-75 years. The results showed that 55% of the women re...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.79.11.1499

    authors: Zapka JG,Stoddard AM,Costanza ME,Greene HL

    更新日期:1989-11-01 00:00:00

  • Adult socioeconomic position and the association between height and coronary heart disease mortality: findings from 33 years of follow-up in the Whitehall Study.

    abstract::In the Whitehall Study, which followed 17,139 male civil servants over 33 years, the association between tall stature and coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality differed between employment grades. In men without CHD at study entry, the hazard ratio per 15-cm increase in height was 0.77 (95% confidence interval [CI]=0....

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/2004.046219

    authors: Langenberg C,Shipley MJ,Batty GD,Marmot MG

    更新日期:2005-04-01 00:00:00

  • School achievement: risk factor in teenage pregnancies?

    abstract::A review of live births, spontaneous fetal deaths, and induced abortions in residents of Upstate New York ages 12--17 shows that pregnancy rates increased during the period 1971 through 1974. This increase was attributable to pregnancies ending in induced abortion while live births remained relatively stable. White te...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.68.8.753

    authors: Hansen H,Stroh G,Whitaker K

    更新日期:1978-08-01 00:00:00

  • Oral Health Promotion and Smoking Cessation Program Delivered via Tobacco Quitlines: The Oral Health 4 Life Trial.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:To assess the effects of a novel oral health promotion program (Oral Health 4 Life; OH4L) delivered through state-funded tobacco quitlines. METHODS:Using a semipragmatic design to balance experimental control and generalizability, we randomized US quitline callers (n = 718) to standard care or standard care...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2017.304279

    authors: McClure JB,Bush T,Anderson ML,Blasi P,Thompson E,Nelson J,Catz SL

    更新日期:2018-05-01 00:00:00

  • A proposed classification code for farm and agricultural injuries.

    abstract::A fundamental problem with classifying agriculturally related injury is that there is neither a rational nor a comprehensive scheme for grouping incidents into categories describing actual exposures encountered on farms and in agricultural work. Current surveillance systems are unable to differentiate between work tha...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.83.5.736

    authors: Murphy DJ,Purschwitz M,Mahoney BS,Hoskin AF

    更新日期:1993-05-01 00:00:00

  • Family allowance and family planning in Chile.

    abstract::Family allowances designed to promote maternal and child health and welfare could be self-defeating if they stimulated otherwise unwanted births, as often assumed. That assumption, with its public health and demographic implications, needs testing. An attempt to test it was made in Chile in 1969--1970 through intervie...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.68.10.989

    authors: Plank SJ

    更新日期:1978-10-01 00:00:00

  • Investigating the effect of social changes on age-specific gun-related homicide rates in New York City during the 1990s.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:We assessed whether New York City's gun-related homicide rates in the 1990s were associated with a range of social determinants of homicide rates. METHODS:We used cross-sectional time-series data for 74 New York City police precincts from 1990 through 1999, and we estimated Bayesian hierarchical models with...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2008.158238

    authors: Cerdá M,Messner SF,Tracy M,Vlahov D,Goldmann E,Tardiff KJ,Galea S

    更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00

  • Racial and ethnic disparities in diagnosed and possible undiagnosed asthma among public-school children in Chicago.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:We examined racial and ethnic disparities in the total potential burden of asthma in low-income, racially/ethnically heterogeneous Chicago schools. METHODS:We used the Brief Pediatric Asthma Screen Plus (BPAS+) and the Spanish BPAS+, validated, caregiver-completed respiratory questionnaires, to identify ast...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2005.071514

    authors: Quinn K,Shalowitz MU,Berry CA,Mijanovich T,Wolf RL

    更新日期:2006-09-01 00:00:00

  • Association of smoking cessation with financial stress and material well-being: results from a prospective study of a population-based national survey.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:We used 4 waves of prospective data to examine the association of smoking cessation with financial stress and material well-being. METHODS:Data (n = 5699 at baseline) came from 4 consecutive waves (2001-2005) of the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey. We used mixed models to examine th...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2006.103580

    authors: Siahpush M,Spittal M,Singh GK

    更新日期:2007-12-01 00:00:00

  • The effectiveness of child restraint systems for children aged 3 years or younger during motor vehicle collisions: 1996 to 2005.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:We estimated the effectiveness of child restraints in preventing death during motor vehicle collisions among children 3 years or younger. METHODS:We conducted a matched cohort study using Fatality Analysis Reporting System data from 1996 to 2005. We estimated death risk ratios using conditional Poisson regr...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2007.131128

    authors: Rice TM,Anderson CL

    更新日期:2009-02-01 00:00:00

  • Contraception and induced abortion in Armenia: a critical need for family planning programs in eastern Europe.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to determine the number of induced abortions per woman and the reasons for selecting induced abortion among parous Armenian women. METHODS:A consecutive series of 200 women attending an abortion clinic in Yerevan, Armenia, were queried by a physician about their reproductive hi...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.88.5.803

    authors: Dolian G,Lüdicke F,Katchatrian N,Campana A,Morabia A

    更新日期:1998-05-01 00:00:00

  • HPV Vaccine Searches on Pinterest: Before and After Pinterest's Actions to Moderate Content.

    abstract::Objectives. To compare how human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination was portrayed on Pinterest before and after the platform acted to moderate vaccine-related search results to understand (1) what the information environment looked like previously and (2) whether Pinterest's policy decisions improved this environment in...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2020.305827

    authors: Guidry JPD,Vraga EK,Laestadius LI,Miller CA,Occa A,Nan X,Ming HM,Qin Y,Fuemmeler BF,Carlyle KE

    更新日期:2020-10-01 00:00:00

  • Insurer views on reimbursement of preventive services in the dental setting: results from a qualitative study.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:We explored insurers' perceptions regarding barriers to reimbursement for oral rapid HIV testing and other preventive screenings during dental care. METHODS:We conducted semistructured interviews between April and October 2010 with a targeted sample of 13 dental insurance company executives and consultants,...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/AJPH.2013.301825

    authors: Feinstein-Winitzer RT,Pollack HA,Parish CL,Pereyra MR,Abel SN,Metsch LR

    更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00

  • Radioactivity and rights: clashes at Bikini Atoll.

    abstract::Cash can never compensate people for a half century of exile and the destruction of a lifestyle and culture. ...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.91.9.1371

    authors: Guyer RL

    更新日期:2001-09-01 00:00:00

  • HIV seroprevalence in intravenous drug users: Los Angeles, California, 1986.

    abstract::To estimate the seroprevalence and investigate risk behaviors for HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection in intravenous drug users in Los Angeles County, a stratified, random sample of 790 clients, enrolled in either methadone maintenance or detoxification programs, were studied. Thirteen study participants (1.8...

    journal_title:American journal of public health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.2105/ajph.79.1.81

    authors: Mascola L,Lieb L,Iwakoshi KA,McAllister D,Siminowski T,Giles M,Run G,Fannin SL,Strantz IH

    更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00