Impaired reproductive development in sons of women occupationally exposed to pesticides during pregnancy

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 566-572

  Andersen, Helle R ^a   Schmidt, Ida M ^b   Grandjean, Philippe ^a   Jensen, Tina K ^a   Budtz Jørgensen, Esben ^c   Kjærstad, Mia B ^a   Bælum, Jesper ^d   Nielsen, Jesper B ^a   Skakkebæk, Niels E ^b   Main, Katharina M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; Greenhouse workers; Hormones; Occupational exposure; Pesticides; Prenatal; Reproductive development

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PESTICIDE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DENMARK; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GREENHOUSE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PENIS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS WEIGHT; URETHRA;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES;

EID: 45749112535     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10790     Document Type: Article

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