Is the sex ratio at birth a good indicator of environmental contamination from endocrine disrupters?;É possibile utilizzare il sex ratio alla nascita come indicatore di presenza di endocrine disrupters in contaminazioni ambientali?

Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2003, Pages 52-53

  Figa Talamanca I ^a   Tarquini, M ^a   Lauria, L ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptors; Environmental contamination; Sex ratio at birth

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIBROMO 3 CHLOROPROPANE; DIOXIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; PESTICIDE;

CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECOTOXICITY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ITALY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; POLLUTION; SEVESO ACCIDENT; SEX RATIO; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOCRINE GLAND; POLLUTANT;

ENDOCRINE GLANDS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX RATIO;

EID: 1042290447     PISSN: 15927830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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