Evaluation of reproductive outcomes in women inadvertently exposed to hexachlorobenzene in southeastern Turkey in the 1950s

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 469-476

  Jarrell, John ^a   Gocmen, Ayhan ^b   Foster, Warren ^c   Brant, Rollin ^a   Chan, Siu ^d   Sevcik, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abortion; Hexachlorobenzene; Porphyria; Women

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; FUNGICIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; INHIBIN;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG EFFECT; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GRAIN; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; TIME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ASIA; BIOLOGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; INGREDIENTS AND CHEMICALS; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; STUDIES; TURKEY; WESTERN ASIA;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 0032129096     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-6238(98)00019-7     Document Type: Article

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