Cryptorchidism and hypospadias in sons of gardeners and farmers

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 793-796

  Weidner, Ida Sloth ^a   Møller, Henrik ^b   Jensen, Tina Kold ^a   Skakkebæk, Niels E ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b DANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Cryptorchidism; Hypospadias; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; ESTROGEN; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DENMARK; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; STATISTICS; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032449554     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.98106793     Document Type: Article

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