Association between lead and cadmium and reproductive hormones in peripubertal U.S. Girls

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1782-1787

  Gollenberg, Audra L ^a   Hediger, Mary L ^a   Lee, Peter A ^b   Himes, John H ^c   Buck Louis, Germaine M ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Inhibin B; Luteinizing hormone; NHANES; Puberty

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; INHIBIN B; LEAD; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED PUBERTY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; URINE LEVEL;

CADMIUM; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBINS; LEAD; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PUBERTY; PUBERTY, DELAYED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650288064     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1001943     Document Type: Article

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