Organochlorine exposure and age at natural menopause

Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 729-733

  Cooper, Glinda S ^a   Savitz, David A ^b,c   Millikan, Robert ^b,c   Kit, Tse Chiu ^b  

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

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DDE; DDT; Menopause; PCB

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036832039     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200211000-00021     Document Type: Article

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