Serum concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls in relation to in vitro fertilization outcomes

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1010-1016

  Meeker, John D ^a   Maity, Arnab ^b   Missmer, Stacey A ^c,d   Williams, Paige L ^d   Mahalingaiah, Shruthi ^c   Ehrlich, Shelley ^d   Berry, Katharine F ^c   Altshul, Larisa ^d   Perry, Melissa J ^d   Cramer, Daniel W ^c   Hauser, Russ ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Epidemiology; Female; Organochlorine; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYTOCHROME P450; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 1.7; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 118; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 138; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 153; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL PREGNANCY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIDATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; BOSTON; COHORT STUDIES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 79960065763     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002922     Document Type: Article

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