Exposure to exogenous estrogen through intake of commercial milk produced from pregnant cows

Pediatrics International

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-38

  Maruyama, Kazumi ^a   Oshima, Tomoe ^a   Ohyama, Kenji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cow milk; Estrogen; Prepubertal child; Sexual maturation; Sexual precosity

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PREGNANEDIOL; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN URINE LEVEL; ESTRONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; MILK; NORMAL HUMAN; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHILD; ESTROGENS; ESTRONE; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MILK; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76249120507     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2009.02890.x     Document Type: Article

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