Children's environmental health research-highlights from the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health
Children's environmental health research-highlights from the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health
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10.1196/annals.1371.018
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2006-01-01
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Rauh, Virginia
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Perera, Frederica;Viswanathan, Sheila;Rauh, Virginia
越来越多的证据表明，胎儿、婴儿和幼儿特别容易受到各种环境毒物的影响，如多环芳烃 (PAH)、农药、铅、汞、多氯联苯 (PCB) 和环境烟草烟雾 (ETS)。接触这些有毒物质可能与近几十年来儿童哮喘、癌症和发育障碍的增加有关。位于纽约市的哥伦比亚儿童环境健康中心 (CCCEH) 在世界各地开展了四个队列研究，以阐明这些接触与儿童疾病之间的关系。本文总结了该中心项目在当前儿童环境健康研究背景下的最新发现。
A growing body of evidence has been generated indicating that the fetus, infant, and young child are especially susceptible to environmental toxicants as diverse as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), pesticides, lead, mercury, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Exposures to these toxicants may be related to the increases in recent decades in childhood asthma, cancer, and developmental disability. The Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH), located in New York City, has developed four cohorts around the world to elucidate the relationships between these exposures and childhood illness. This article summarizes the recent findings from the Center's projects in the context of current research in children's environmental health.