Environmental factors and endometriosis

Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 448-452

  Bellelis, Patrick ^a   Podgaec, Sergio ^a   Abrão, Maurício Simões ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Diet; Dioxins; Endometriosis; Food habits; Tetrachlordibenzodioxin

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052199110     PISSN: 01044230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0104-4230(11)70093-8     Document Type: Review

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