Internal exposure to pollutants and sexual maturation in Flemish adolescents

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 224-233

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

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e Prov Inst Hyg   (Belgium)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

biomonitoring; endocrine disruptors; metals; PCBs; pesticides

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; SEX HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; POLLUTANT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 79955088162     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2010.2     Document Type: Article

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