Increased risk of testicular dysgenesis?;Økt forekomst av utviklingsfeil i testiklene?

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 126, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 2278-2281

  Aschim, Elin L ^a   Grotmol, Tom ^a   Haugen, Trine B ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

CRYPTORCHISM; DEL CASTILLO SYNDROME; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TESTIS DISEASE;

CRYPTORCHIDISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

EID: 33748757408     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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