Increase in male fetal deaths in Japan and congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 405-408

  Mizuno, Reiko ^a  

^a Japan Children's Environmental Health Circles   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital anomalies; Death rate; Infant death; M F ratio; Male fetal deaths; Male predominance; Renal failure; Wolffian duct regression

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN;

ARTICLE; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; FETUS DEATH; FETUS MORTALITY; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; JAPAN; KIDNEY AGENESIS; KIDNEY ANOMALY; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY DYSPLASIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY HYPOPLASIA; KIDNEY SURGERY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; SEX RATIO; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION;

FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; KIDNEY; MALE; SEX FACTORS; URINARY TRACT; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; WOLFFIAN DUCTS;

WOLFFIA;

EID: 77956441098     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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