Urinary bisphenol A concentrations in relation to serum thyroid and reproductive hormone levels in men from an infertility clinic

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1458-1463

  Meeker, John D ^a   Calafat, Antonia M ^b   Hauser, Russ ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL STUDIES; BISPHENOL A; BLOOD SAMPLES; ENDOCRINE FUNCTIONS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HORMONE LEVELS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; HUMAN STUDY; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; MULTIVARIABLE REGRESSION MODEL; REPRODUCTIVE HORMONES; SERUM LEVELS; SERUM SAMPLES; SEX HORMONES; URINE SAMPLE;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PHENOLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BODY FLUIDS;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

BLOOD; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; INFERTILITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SERUM; TESTOSTERONE; URINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELATIVE DENSITY; URINALYSIS;

ESTRADIOL; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; INHIBINS; MALE; PHENOLS; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77249178806     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9028292     Document Type: Article

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