Menstrual function among women exposed to polybrominated biphenyls: A follow-up prevalence study

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Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Davis, Stephanie I ^a   Blanck, Heidi Michels ^b   Hertzberg, Vicki S ^a   Tolbert, Paige E ^a   Rubin, Carol ^c   Cameron, Lorraine L ^d   Henderson, Alden K ^c   Marcus, Michele ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TIME; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCOME; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY FUNCTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREVALENCE; WEIGHT LOSS;

MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 24944544892     PISSN: 1476069X     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-4-15     Document Type: Article

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