Menstrual cycle characteristics in European and Inuit women exposed to persistent organochlorine pollutants

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 193-200

  Toft, G ^a   Axmon, A ^b   Lindh, C H ^b   Giwercman, A ^b   Bonde, J P ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Endocrine disruptors; Irregularity; Menses

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESKIMO; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GREENLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; POLAND; POLLUTANT; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UKRAINE; CAUCASIAN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; MENSTRUATION DISORDER;

ADULT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INUITS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 40549113027     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem349     Document Type: Article

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