Prenatal environmental risk factors for genital malformations in a population of 1442 French male newborns: A nested casecontrol study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3155-3162

  Gaspari, Laura ^a,b   Paris, Franoise ^a,b   Jandel, Claire ^a   Kalfa, Nicolas ^b,c   Orsini, Mattea ^b   Daurs, Jean Pierre ^b   Sultan, Charles ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

endocrine disrupting chemicals; environment; male genital malformation; occupational exposure; risk factors

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FOLLITROPIN; GESTAGEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRANCE; GENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNITY WARD; MICROPENIS; NEWBORN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER;

EID: 80054886955     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der283     Document Type: Article

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