Long-term effects of polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins on pregnancy outcomes in women affected by the Yusho incident

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 626-630

  Tsukimori, Kiyomi ^a   Tokunaga, Shoji ^a   Shibata, Satoko ^a   Uchi, Hiroshi ^a   Nakayama, Daisuke ^b   Ishimaru, Tadayuki ^b   Nakano, Hitoo ^a   Wake, Norio ^a   Yoshimura, Takesumi ^c   Furue, Masutaka ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dioxin; Environmental exposure; Pregnancy loss; Preterm delivery; Spontaneous abortion; Yusho

Indexed keywords

3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; 3,3',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENILE DEMENTIA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; TERATOGENESIS; TREND STUDY; YUSHO DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JAPAN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 45749149949     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10686     Document Type: Article

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