Paternal concentrations of dioxin and sex ratio of offspring

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Volumn 355, Issue 9218, 2000, Pages 1858-1863

  Mocarelli, Paolo ^a   Gerthoux, Pier Mario ^a   Ferrari, Enrica ^a   Patterson Jr , Donald G ^b   Kieszak, Stephanie M ^b   Brambilla, Paolo ^a   Vincoli, Nicoletta ^a   Signorini, Stefano ^a   Tramacere, Pierluigi ^a   Carreri, Vittorio ^c   Sampson, Eric J ^b   Turner, Wayman E ^b   Needham, Larry L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; DIOXIN;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO;

EID: 17144453495     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02290-X     Document Type: Article

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