Research Article

Serum Persistent Organic Pollutants and Duration of Lactation among Mexican-American Women

Table 1

Endocrine disruption categories based on published literature.

EstrogenicAntiestrogenicAndrogenicAntiandrogenic

p, 𝑝 -DDE [17]HCB [3740] HCB [18]p, 𝑝 -DDE [17, 41]
p, 𝑝 -DDT [17, 42]PCB 118 [43, 44] PCB 118 [45]p, 𝑝 -DDT [17]
o, 𝑝 -DDT [17, 42, 46, 47]PCB 138 [43, 44, 48, 49]o, 𝑝 -DDT [17]
𝛽 - H C C H [16, 17, 46, 50]PCB 153 [43, 48, 49, 51]HCB [18]
PCB 44 [19, 44]PCB 180 [43, 48, 49]PCB 118 [45]
PCB 49 [19, 44]PCB 138 [49]
PCB 52 [44, 48, 52]
PCB 153 [53, 54]

Abbreviations: dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE), dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), hexachlorocyclohexane (HCCH), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB).