Maternal smoking in pregnancy and reproductive hormones in adult sons

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 565-572

  Ramlau Hansen, C H ^a,b   Thulstrup, A M ^a   Olsen, J ^b   Ernst, E ^a,c   Andersen, C Y ^d   Bonde, J P ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Follow up study; Hypothalamo pituitary gonadal axis; Long term effects; Pre natal exposure; Reproductive hormones; Smoking

Indexed keywords

COTININE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT CHILDREN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INHIBINS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SMOKING; TESTOSTERONE; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55449138434     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2007.00807.x     Document Type: Article

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