Serum hormones in boys prenatally exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls and dibenzofurans

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 68, Issue 17-18, 2005, Pages 1447-1456

  Hsu, Ping Chi ^a   Lai, Te Jen ^b   Guo, Nai Wen ^c   Lambert, George H ^d   Guo, Yueliang Leon ^e  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Department of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; GONADOTROPIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SEX HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEMOSTASIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUBERTY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; BENZOFURANS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PUBERTY; TAIWAN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 26044461660     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390590967360     Document Type: Article

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