High-risk group and high-risk life stage: Key issues in adverse effects of environmental agents on human health

Reproductive Medicine and Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 51-58

  Mori, Chisato ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Environmental agents; Human fetus; Newborn screeing; Susceptibility; Toxicogenomics

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ALDRIN; CADMIUM; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; COPLANAR POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DIOXIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; HEAVY METAL; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LEAD; PHYTOESTROGEN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA MICROARRAY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISOMER; JAPAN; LIFE CYCLE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEWBORN SCREENING; POLLUTANT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 18244371646     PISSN: 14455781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0578.2004.00052.x     Document Type: Review

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