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Immune cell counts and risks of respiratory infections among infants exposed pre- and postnatally to organochlorine compounds: a prospective study

Anders Glynn1 email, Ann Thuvander1,5 email, Marie Aune1 email, Anders Johannisson2 email, Per Ola Darnerud1 email, Gunnar Ronquist3 email and Sven Cnattingius4 email

National Food Administration, Research and Development Department, PO Box 622, SE-751 26 Uppsala, Sweden

Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, PO Box 7070, SE- 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden

Department of Medical Sciences, Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital of Uppsala, SE- 751 85, Uppsala, Sweden

Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden

The National Board of Health and Welfare, SE-106 30 Stockholm, Sweden

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Environmental Health 2008, 7:62doi:10.1186/1476-069X-7-62

Published: 4 December 2008

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Respiratory infections and white blood cell and lymphocyte subset numbers/percentages in 3 months old infants exposed to PCB and p,p'-DDE postnatally. Unadjusted means (± SE) of white blood cell numbers (x109) in 3-month-old infants exposed to organochlorines postnatally.

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Respiratory infections and white blood cell and lymphocyte subset numbers/percentages in 3 months old infants exposed to PCB and p,p'-DDE postnatally. Unadjusted and adjusted means (± SE) of white blood cell percentages in 3-month-old infants exposed to organochlorines postnatally.

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Respiratory infections and white blood cell and lymphocyte subset numbers/percentages in 3 months old infants exposed to PCB and p,p'-DDE postnatally. Unadjusted and adjusted means (± SE) of lymphocyte subset numbers (x109) in 3-month-old infants exposed to organochlorines postnatally.

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Respiratory infections and white blood cell and lymphocyte subset numbers/percentages in 3 months old infants exposed to PCB and p,p'-DDE postnatally. Unadjusted and adjusted means (± SE) of lymphocyte subset percentages in 3-month-old infants exposed to organochlorines postnatally.

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Respiratory infections and white blood cell and lymphocyte subset numbers/percentages in 3 months old infants exposed to PCB and p,p'-DDE postnatally. Odds ratios (95% CI) for associations between respiratory infections, lasting 3 days or more during the first 3 months after birth, and pre- or postnatal exposure to organochlorine compounds.

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