A cohort study of the association between secondary sex ratio and parental exposure to polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Terrell, Metrecia L ^a   Berzen, Alissa K ^a   Small, Chanley M ^a   Cameron, Lorraine L ^b   Wirth, Julie J ^b,c,d   Marcus, Michele ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BODY MASS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PARENT; PARENTAL AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SIBLING; TEACHER; UNITED STATES; BLOOD; DEMOGRAPHY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RISK; STATISTICS;

ANIMALIA;

COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MICHIGAN; ODDS RATIO; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX RATIO;

EID: 69949122598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-8-35     Document Type: Article

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