Serum dioxin concentrations and endometriosis: A cohort study in Seveso, Italy

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 629-634

  Eskenazi, Brenda ^a,g   Mocarelli, Paolo ^b   Warner, Marcella ^a   Samuels, Steven ^a,c   Vercellini, Paolo ^d   Olive, David ^e   Needham, Larry L ^f   Patterson Jr , Donald G ^f   Brambilla, Paolo ^b   Gavoni, Nicoletta ^d   Casalini, Stefania ^b   Panazza, Stefania ^d   Turner, Wayman ^f   Gerthoux, Pier Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DESIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioxin; Endometriosis; Environmental exposures; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HOSPITAL WASTE; HUMAN; INCINERATION; INDUSTRY; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PELVIS SURGERY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLLUTANT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036054462     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.02110629     Document Type: Article

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