Lower serum testosterone associated with elevated polychlorinated biphenyl concentrations in native American men

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1454-1460

  Goncharov, Alexey ^a   Rej, Robert ^a,b   Negoita, Serban ^a,c   Schymura, Maria ^a,c   Santiago Rivera, Azara ^a,e   Morse, Gayle ^a,d,f   Carpenter, David O ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d Akwesasne Mohawk Nation   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^f Russell Sage College   (United States)

Author keywords

DDE; Endocrine disruption; Hexachlorobenzene mirex; Native Americans

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHOLESTEROL; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LIPID; MIREX; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TESTOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69949110673     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0800134     Document Type: Article

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