Maternal pregnancy levels of trans-nonachlor and oxychlordane and prevalence of cryptorchidism and hypospadias in boys

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 478-482

  Trabert, Britton ^a   Longnecker, Matthew P ^b   Brock, John W ^c,d   Klebanoff, Mark A ^e   McGlynn, Katherine A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d WARREN WILSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^e NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlordanes; Cryptorchidism; Hypospadias; Oxychlordane; Pregnant women; Prospective cohort; Trans nonachlor

Indexed keywords

NONACHLOR; OXYCHLORDANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLORDAN; COHORT STUDIES; CRYPTORCHIDISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; HYPOSPADIAS; INSECTICIDES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857692512     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1103936     Document Type: Article

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