Environmental exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and p,p ́-DDE and sperm sex-chromosome disomy

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 535-540

  McAuliffe, Megan E ^a   Williams, Paige L ^a   Korrick, Susan A ^a,b   Altshul, Larisa M ^a,c   Perry, Melissa J ^a,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Environmental Health & Engineering Inc   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE); Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT); Disomy; Endocrine disruptors; Fluorescence; In situ hybridization; Pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Reproduction; Sperm

Indexed keywords

1, 1 DICHLORO 2, 2 BIS (4 CHLOROPHENYL) ETHYLENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISOMY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEX CHROMOSOME; SPERM;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84859366465     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104017     Document Type: Article

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