Temporal association between serum prolactin concentration and exposure to styrene

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 325-333

  Luderer, U ^a,b   Tornero Velez, R ^c   Shay, T ^b   Rappaport, S ^d   Heyer, N ^e   Echeverria, D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e Centers Pub Hlth Res and Eval   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN; STYRENE; PLASTIC;

ADULT; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BREATHING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPORAL CORTEX; WORKING TIME; WORKPLACE; WORKROOM AIR; ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANT; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SECRETION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASTICS; PROLACTIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STYRENE;

EID: 1842610470     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2002.005561     Document Type: Article

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