Menstrual effects among women exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls and dibenzofurans

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 288-294

  Yang, Chiu Yueh ^a   Huang, Tien Shang ^b   Lin, Kao Chang ^c   Kuo, PaoLin ^d   Tsai, Pei Chien ^e   Guo, Yue Leon ^b  

^a HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dysmenorrhea; Menarche; Menstrual cycle; PCBs; PCDFs

Indexed keywords

DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

HEALTH RISK; LINEARITY; MATERNAL HEALTH; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; VEGETABLE OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DYSMENORRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MENSTRUATION; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; BENZOFURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TAIWAN; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; YOUNG ADULT;

TAIWAN;

EID: 79451472875     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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