Effect of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2,-bis (4-chlorophenyl)-ethane (DDT) in follicular fluid on the results of in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET) programs

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1831-1836

  Jirsová, Simona ^a   Mašata, Jaromír ^a   Jech, Libor ^b   Zvárová, Jana ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Vrané nad Vltavou ^*  (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

DDD; DDE; DDT; embryos; oocytes; PCB; pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2,2, BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; ETHANE; FAT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CZECH REPUBLIC; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OBSTETRICS; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; DDT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR FLUID; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 77950300713     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.063     Document Type: Article

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