Parental consumption of contaminated sport fish from Lake Ontario and predicted fecundability

Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 388-393

  Buck, Germaine M ^d   Vena, John E ^e   Schisterman, Enrique F ^a   Dmochowski, Jacek ^e   Mendola, Pauline ^b   Sever, Lowell E ^e   Fitzgerald, Edward ^c   Kostyniak, Paul ^e   Greizerstein, Hebe ^e   Olson, James ^e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Angler; Fecundability; Fish consumption; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Pregnancy; Reproduction; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

LAKE WATER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISHING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0033918109     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200007000-00005     Document Type: Article

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