Exposure to traffic pollutants and effects on 17-β-estradiol (E2) in female workers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-77

  Tomei, Gianfranco ^a   Ciarrocca, Manuela ^a   Fortunato, Bruna Rita ^a   Capozzella, Assunta ^a   Rosati, Maria Valeria ^a   Cerratti, Daniela ^a   Tomao, Enrico ^b   Anzelmo, Vincenza ^c   Monti, Carlo ^a   Tomei, Francesco ^a,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ITAF   (Italy)

^c Municipality of Rome ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

17 estradiol (E2); Female reproductive health diseases; Mental health diseases; Traffic police; Urban pollutants

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL;

ADULT; AGE; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COFFEE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; FOLLICULAR PHASE; FOOD INTAKE; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OVARY CYCLE; POLICE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOYBEAN; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ITALY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; URBAN HEALTH; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 33745456581     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-006-0105-8     Document Type: Article

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