Infecundity and consumption of polychlorinated biphenyl-contaminated fish

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 250-253

  McGuinness, Bridget M ^a   Buck, Germaine M ^b   Mendola, Pauline ^c   Sever, Lowell E ^d   Vena, John E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Health   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecundability; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Reproduction; Sportfish; Time to pregnancy

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0034911846     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890109604449     Document Type: Article

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