Preconception maternal polychlorinated biphenyl concentrations and the secondary sex ratio

Environmental Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-105

  Taylor, Kira C ^a,b   Jackson, Leila W ^c   Lynch, Courtney D ^a   Kostyniak, Paul J ^d   Buck Louis, Germaine M ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b Department of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Fish consumption; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Reproductive toxicant; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; LIPID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETIOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PCB; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIETARY INTAKE; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FISH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEW YORK; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; SEX RATIO;

EID: 33845526195     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2006.04.009     Document Type: Article

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