Reproductive outcomes following environmental exposure to DDT

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-7

  Cocco, Pierluigi ^a   Fadda, Domenica ^a   Melis, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Birth rate; Dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane; Endocrine disruption; Infant mortality rate; Stillbirth rate

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH RATE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALARIA; MORTALITY; NEWBORN PERIOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; REGISTRATION; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; STILLBIRTH; WAR;

BIRTH RATE; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; ITALY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; STILLBIRTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745485156     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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