In utero exposure to the antiandrogen 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl) ethylene (DDE) in relation to anogenital distance in male newborns from Chiapas, México

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 165, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1015-1022

  Longnecker, Matthew P ^a   Gladen, Beth C ^a   Cupul Uicab, Lea A ^b   Romano Riquer, S Patricia ^b   Weber, Jean Phillipe ^c   Chapin, Robert E ^a,d   Hernández Ávila, Mauricio ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; DDT; Developmental biology; Dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethylene; Endocrine system diseases; Genitalia, male; Prenatal exposure delayed effects

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ANDROGEN; ANTIANDROGEN; CHLORPHENOTANE;

ABNORMALITY; ANDROGEN; DDE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DISEASE CONTROL; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA; MALE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MEXICO; NEWBORN; PENIS; PENIS DISEASE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DDT; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MEXICO; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34247133792     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwk109     Document Type: Article

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