Biomarkers for assessing human female reproductive health, an interdisciplinary approach

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1998, Pages 955-960

  Lasley, Bill L ^a   Overstreet, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Dioxin; Early pregnancy; Interdisciplinary studies; Reproductive hazards

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TEAMWORK; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 0031711061     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.98106s4955     Document Type: Conference Paper

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