Internal exposure to pollutants and sex hormone levels in Flemish male adolescents in a cross-sectional study: Associations and dose - Response relationships

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 106-113

  Dhooge, Willem ^a   Den Hond, Elly ^b   Koppen, Gudrun ^b   Bruckers, Liesbeth ^c   Nelen, Vera ^d   Van De Mieroop, Els ^d   Bilau, Maaike ^e   Croes, Kim ^f   Baeyens, Willy ^f   Schoeters, Greet ^b,g   Van Larebeke, Nicolas ^e  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d Provincial Institute of Hygiene   (Belgium)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cadmium; health effects; hexachlorobenzene; lead; low dose; polychlorobiphenyls

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; ESTRADIOL; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MALE; POLLUTANT; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; BELGIUM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADMIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTRADIOL; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 78650604348     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2009.63     Document Type: Article

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