Is there a correlation between organochlorine compounds and undescended testes?

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 304-309

  Hosie, S ^a   Loff, S ^a   Witt, K ^a   Niessen, K ^a   Waag, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; Environmental pollutants; Pesticides; Testicular descent; Undescended testes; Xenooestrogens

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CAMPHECLOR; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; CHLOROCYCLODIENE DERIVATIVE; CHLORPHENOTANE; EPOXIDE; ESTROGEN; HEPTACHLOROBENZENE; HEPTACHLOROEPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CRYPTORCHISM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PATHOGENESIS; POLLUTANT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0034543847     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1072381     Document Type: Conference Paper

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