Chlorination by-products in drinking water and menstrual cycle funtion

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 935-941

  Windham, Gayle C ^a   Waller, Kirsten ^b,e   Anderson, Meredith ^b   Fenster, Laura ^a   Mendola, Pauline ^c   Swan, Shanna ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Sequoia Foundation   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d University of Missouri   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorination by products; Drinking water; Environmental health; Menstrual cycle; Ovarian function; Reproductive health; Trihalomethanes

Indexed keywords

BROMINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; DIBROMOCHLOROMETHANE; DRINKING WATER; STEROID; TAP WATER; TRIHALOMETHANE;

ADULT; BROMINATION; CHLORINATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FUNCTION; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STEROID METABOLISM; URINALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

FALLOPIA;

EID: 0037745092     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.5922     Document Type: Review

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