Environmental exposure to p,p'-DDE and human fertility

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 677-680

  Cocco, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INCOME; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLLUTION; PREGNANCY RATE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TREE; URBAN POPULATION;

DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030882310     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900533     Document Type: Article

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