Organochlorine exposure and the risk of endometriosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 221-228

  Lebel, Germain ^a   Dodin, Sylvie ^b   Ayotte, Pierre ^b   Marcoux, Sylvie ^b   Ferron, Liliane A ^b   Dewailly, Éric ^b  

^a Environmental Health Service   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Environmental pollutants; Infertility; Organochlorine

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POLLUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031931602     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(97)00479-2     Document Type: Article

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