Effects of chronic exposure to low doses of trichloroethylene on steroid hormone and insulin levels in normal men

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-44

  Goh, Victor Hng Hang ^a,b   Chia, Sin Eng ^a   Ong, Choon Nam ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adrenal hormones; Insulin; Insulin resistance; Sex hormone binding globulin; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CREATININE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ADULT; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031936349     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9810641     Document Type: Article

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