International trends in rates of hypospadias and cryptorchidism

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 297-302

  Paulozzi, Leonard J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormality; Cryptorchidism; Endocrine; Genital; Hypospadias; Testicle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CRYPTORCHISM; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; JAPAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032945377     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107297     Document Type: Article

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