Serum hormone levels in humans with low serum concentrations of 2,3,7,8-TCDD

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 105-112

  Johnson, Es ^a   Shorter, C ^a   Bestervelt, Ll ^b   Patterson, Dg ^c   Needham, Ll ^c   Piper, Wn ^b   Lucier, G ^d   Nolan, Cj ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

2,4,5 T; dioxin; hormones; prolactin; sprayers; TCDD

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; GLUCAGON; HORMONE; LIOTHYRONINE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GLUCAGON BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GLUCAGON; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; THYROID HORMONES;

VICTORIA;

EID: 0035353580     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0748233701th096oa     Document Type: Article

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