Childhood growth and exposure to dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethene and polychlorinated biphenyls.

Objectives: Dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethene (DDE) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), toxic contaminants known to be persistent in the environment, may affect growth. We investigated whether growth from birth to 10 years of age is associated with blood concentrations of DDE and PCB taken at 8 years of age.

Study Design: We ambispectively followed up a cohort of 343 German children.