Xenoandrogenic activity in serum differs across European and inuit populations

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue SUPPL1, 2007, Pages 21-26

  Krüge, Tanja ^a   Hjelmborgg, Philip S ^a   Jönsson, Bo A G ^b   Hagmar, Lars ^b   Giwercman, Aleksander ^b   Manicard, Gian Carlo ^c   Bizzaro, Davide ^d   Spanò, Marcello ^e   Rigneil Hydbom, Anna ^b   Pederse, Henning S ^f   Toft, Gunnar ^g   Bonde, Jens Peter ^g   Bonefeld Jørgensen, Eva C ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^e ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^f Dronning Ingrids Hospital   (Greenland)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

AR activity; Cb 153; Human serum; p,p DDE; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,4,5,2',4',5'-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; LUCIFERASE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESKIMO; EUROPE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANDROGENS; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INUITS; LIFE STYLE; LUCIFERASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33847633002     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9353     Document Type: Article

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