Xenoestrogenic activity in blood of European and Inuit populations

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Bonefeld Jorgensen, Eva C ^a   Hjelmborg, Philip S ^a   Reinert, Thayaline S ^a   Andersen, Birgitte S ^a   Lesovoy, Vladimir ^b   Lindh, Christian H ^c   Hagmar, Lars ^c   Giwercman, Aleksander ^c   Erlandsen, Mogens ^a   Manicardi, Gian Carlo ^d   Spanò, Marcello ^e   Toft, Gunnar ^f   Bonde, Jens Peter ^f  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Regional Clinical Center of Urology and Nephrology   (Ukraine)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^e ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ESTRADIOL RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESKIMO; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EUROPE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIC POLLUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 33745294565     PISSN: 1476069X     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-5-12     Document Type: Article

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