Smaller genitals at school age in boys whose mothers were exposed to non-persistent pesticides in early pregnancy

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 265-272

  Wohlfahrt Veje, C ^a   Andersen, H R ^b   Jensen, T K ^a,b   Grandjean, P ^b   Skakkebaek N E ^a   Main, K M ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; PESTICIDE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PENIS; PENIS LENGTH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREPUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SCHOOL CHILD; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHILD; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PUBERTY; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84861457603     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2012.01252.x     Document Type: Article

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