Epidemiological evidence on reproductive effects of persistent organochlorines in humans

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-26

  Toft, Gunnar ^a   Hagmar, Lars ^b   Giwercman, Alexander ^b   Bonde, Jens Peter ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DDE; DDT; Endocrine disruption; Fertility; Human; Organochlorines; PCB; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

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

ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXPERIMENT; EXPOSURE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POLLUTANT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PUBERTY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERM; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TESTIS CANCER;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 4444312867     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2004.05.006     Document Type: Review

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