Female workers exposed to traffic pollutants and plasma follicle-stimulating hormone

Endocrinologist

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-100

  Tomei, Gianfranco ^a   Ciarrocca, Manuela ^a   Capozzella, Assuntina ^a   Rosati, Maria Valeria ^a   Fortunato, Bruna Rita ^a   Athanasiadou, Virginia ^a   Casale, Teodorico ^a   Grimaldi, Franca ^a   Tomei, Francesco ^a   Monti, Carlo ^b  

^a Department of Psychiatry Science and Medical Psychology ^*  (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Female reproductive health diseases; Follicle stimulating hormone; FSH; Traffic police; Urban stressor

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAFFIC;

EID: 34247152102     PISSN: 10512144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ten.0000260859.07782.ac     Document Type: Review

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