Prenatal exposure to hexachlorobenzene (HCB) and reproductive effects in a multicentre birth cohort in Spain

M Basterrechea, A Lertxundi, C Iñiguez… - Science of the total …, 2014 - Elsevier
… To investigate the possible association between birth size or gestational length and
maternal serum concentrations of hexachlorobenzene (HCB) in a population exposed to …

Levels of hexachlorobenzene (HCB) in breast milk in relation to birth weight in a Norwegian cohort

M Eggesbø, H Stigum, MP Longnecker, A Polder… - Environmental …, 2009 - Elsevier
… The aim of this study was to investigate the association between level of exposure to HCB
and a number of reproductive outcomes in a Norwegian birth cohort. We aimed to take into …

Exposure to hexachlorobenzene during pregnancy and children's social behavior at 4 years of age

N Ribas-Fitó, M Torrent, D Carrizo… - Environmental …, 2007 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) is an organochlorine chemical that has been used in agriculture
and industrial processes. Behavioral impairment after HCB … One of the cohorts in the present …

Exposure to hexachlorobenzene during pregnancy increases the risk of overweight in children aged 6 years

A Smink, N Ribas‐Fito, R Garcia, M Torrent… - Acta …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) has extensively been used as a pesticide to protect the seeds …
birth being impossible to adjust OC by lipids. This study is performed in a homogeneous cohort

[HTML][HTML] Association of hexachlorobenzene and other organochlorine compounds with anthropometric measures at birth

N Ribas-Fitó, M Sala, E Cardo, C Mazón… - Pediatric …, 2002 - nature.com
… in 1994 had the highest serum HCB levels ever found (7), and levels of HCB in the cord serum
of … birth cohort was set up in this area to assess the effects of prenatal and postnatal HCB

Association of Hexachlorobenzene (HCB), Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), and Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) with in Vitro Fertilization (IVF) …

S Mahalingaiah, SA Missmer, A Maity… - Environmental …, 2012 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
HCB, 1.12 ng/g serum for total DDT, and 1.04 ng/g serum for p,p-DDE. Compared with
the lowest quartile (Q1) of HCB… significantly elevated for those with higher HCB quartiles [Q2–Q4; …

[HTML][HTML] Early-life exposure to multiple persistent organic pollutants and metals and birth weight: Pooled analysis in four Flemish birth cohorts

E Govarts, L Portengen, N Lambrechts… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
… , HCB, p,p’-DDE, cadmium and lead and birth weight in a pooled dataset of four Flemish birth
cohorts. … 180 were most consistently associated with birth weight according to five different …

A novel model to characterize postnatal exposure to lipophilic environmental toxicants and application in the study of hexachlorobenzene and infant growth

H Stigum, N Iszatt, A Polder, S Mandal… - Environment …, 2015 - Elsevier
HCB was measured in breast milk samples in 449 mother-child pairs participating in the
Norwegian birth cohort study HUMIS. We used these concentrations, mother's weight, height …

Maternal pregnancy serum level of heptachlor epoxide, hexachlorobenzene, and β-hexachlorocyclohexane and risk of cryptorchidism in offspring

FH Pierik, MA Klebanoff, JW Brock… - Environmental research, 2007 - Elsevier
… epoxide (HCE), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), and β-… Perinatal Project, a US birth cohort study
of pregnancies in 1959–1966. … For HCB the adjusted odds ratio was near one. These results …

Prenatal exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals and risk of being born small for gestational age: Pooled analysis of seven European birth cohorts

E Govarts, N Iszatt, T Trnovec, M de Cock… - Environment …, 2018 - Elsevier
… Moreover, multipollutant models were studied for the pooled database including PCB 153,
p,p'-DDE and HCB as these pollutants were measured in all 7 birth cohorts. We did not …