Chlorinated hydrocarbons in women with repeated miscarriages

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 675-681

  Gerhard, Ingrid ^a   Daniel, Volker ^a   Link, Sonja ^a   Monga, Bondo ^a   Runnebaum, Benno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlorinated hydrocarbons; Infertility; Repeated miscarriages

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION;

EID: 0032422203     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.98106675     Document Type: Article

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