A prospective study of serum DDT and progesterone and estrogen levels across the menstrual cycle in nulliparous women of reproductive age

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 164, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1056-1064

  Perry, Melissa J ^a   Ouyang, Fengxiu ^a,b,c   Korrick, Susan A ^a,d   Venners, Scott A ^e   Chen, Changzhong ^d   Xu, Xiping ^e   Lasley, Bill L ^f   Wang, Xiaobin ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DDT; Dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethylene; Endocrine; Estrogens; Estrone; Hormones; Pregnanediol 3alpha glucuronide; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; ESTROGEN; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PROGESTERONE;

DDT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEX HORMONE; TOXICITY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; ISOMER; LUTEAL PHASE; MARRIAGE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METABOLITE; NULLIPARA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CHINA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DDT; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

HUMAN ECHOVIRUS 1;

EID: 33845206531     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj329     Document Type: Article

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