Primal Health Databank: Study
| Entry No: | 0130 |
| Title: | Effects of polychlorinated biphenyl/dioxin exposure and feeding type on infants' mental and psychomotor development |
| Author(s): | Koopman-Esseboom C, Weiglas-Kuperus N, et al. |
| Reference: | Pediatrics 1996; 97: 700-706 |
| Place of Study: | Netherlands |
| Abstract: | This Dutch study has many points in common with study 0129. 105 infants were breastfed and 102 were bottle fed. Infants were examined at 3,7 and 18 months of age with the Bayley scale of psychomotor infant development. The main conclusions are similar to the conclusions of the previous study. At 7 months, although the post natal PCBs exposure through breastfeeding had a negative effect on the psycho-motor development, breastfed infants never scored significantly lower compared to formula fed infants. |
| Keyword(s): | breastfeeding, dioxins, formula feeding, milk pollution, PCBs, psychomotor development |
| Discussion: | We will probably refer to this study in future because follow up studies are being performed in school age children. |
| See Also: | No related entries mentioned for this entry |
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