Maternal pregnancy levels of polychlorinated biphenyls and risk of hypospadias and cryptorchidism in male offspring

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1472-1476

  McGlynn, Katherine A ^a   Guo, Xuguang ^b   Graubard, Barry I ^a   Brock, John W ^c   Klebanoff, Mark A ^d   Longnecker, Matthew P ^e  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WESTAT   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; Hypospadias; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Testicular dysgenesis syndrome

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

CRYPTORCHIDISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOSPADIAS; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69949111679     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0800389     Document Type: Article

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