Pentachlorophenol exposure in women with gynecological and endocrine dysfunction

Environmental Research

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 383-388

  Gerhard, Ingrid ^a   Frick, Anita ^a   Monga, Bondo ^a   Runnebaum, Benno ^a  

^a Univ Hosp of Obstet and Gynecol   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland function; Infertility; Ovarian insufficiency; Pentachlorophenol; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

PENTACHLOROPHENOL;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CONTAMINATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION;

EID: 0032940494     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1998.3934     Document Type: Article

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