Maternal serum level of the DDT metabolite DDE in relation to fetal loss in previous pregnancies

Environmental Research

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-133

  Longnecker, Matthew P ^a   Klebanoff, Mark A ^b   Dunson, David B ^a   Guo, Xuguang ^c   Chen, Zhen ^a   Zhou, Haibo ^a   Brock, John W ^d  

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

^b National Institute of Child Health   (United States)

^c Research Triangle Institute   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; DDT; Epidemiology; Reproductive history; Spontaneous

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; INSECTICIDE;

ABORTION; DDT; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; MATERNAL HEALTH; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FETUS WASTAGE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATERNAL SERUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; UNITED STATES; ADULT; BLOOD; CHILD; CRYPTORCHISM; FEMALE; HYPOSPADIAS; MALE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; CHILD; CRYPTORCHIDISM; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOSPADIAS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16644385334     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-9351(03)00108-7     Document Type: Article

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