A cohort study of in utero polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposures in relation to secondary sex ratio

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^a   Jusko, Todd A ^b   Willman, Eric J ^c,d   Baker, Rebecca J ^e   Keller, Jean A ^e,f   Teplin, Stuart W ^g   Charles, M Judith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Ecolab Research Center   (United States)

^e IL   (United States)

^f IQVIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATERNAL SERUM; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; ADULT; BLOOD; MALE; NEWBORN; POLLUTANT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SAN FRANCISCO; SEX RATIO;

EID: 48249106667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-7-37     Document Type: Article

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