Exposure to a mixture of Polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated dibenzofurans resulted in a prolonged time to pregnancy in women

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 599-604

  Yang, Chiu Yueh ^a,b   Wang, Ying Jan ^a   Chen, Pau Chung ^c   Tsai, Shaw Jenq ^a   Guo, Yueliang Leon ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fertility; Infertility; PCBs; PCDFs; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins; Polychlorinated dibenzofurans; Pregnancy; Reproduction; Time to pregnancy

Indexed keywords

DIBENZODIOXIN DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TAIWAN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 45749129779     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10715     Document Type: Article

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